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Athletics News / Scuttlebutt Sailing News / August 28
I Win, or I Learn 
by Brendan Huffman, UK Sailmakers There is a fantastic scene in the baseball movie Moneyball where Brad Pitt’s character walks into the players’ locker room after another loss.
Athletics News / Royals Review / July 1
Better know a draft prospect: Drew Burress
Scouts love a guy who looks like a ballplayer – six-foot-tall, lean build, broad shoulders. Moneyball famously lampooned traditional scouts for obsessing over a prospect’s physical appearance, illustrated by Billy Beane’s memorable line, “We’re not selling jeans here.” Drew Burress doesn’t sell jeans.
Athletics News / Covering the Corner / February 1
The Invisible Edge: Inside MLB’s Secret Analytical Arms Race
– by Mario Crescibene Man, was the snow coming down! I sat lazily on my couch, legs slung over the backrest, with my computer resting on the coffee table, and Moneyball on the TV acting as background noise.
The 'MLB Playoff hits leaders' quiz
How many of the 30 MLB players with at least 70 hits in their postseason career can you name in five minutes?
Athletics News / Crawfish Boxes / January 9
Commentary: The long goodbye
In the movie “Moneyball”, one of the scouts told younger Billy Beane that all of us are told one day that we can no longer play a children’s game. Some of us are told when we are children and some of us are told much later on, but we are all told.
Every first-overall MLB draft pick from the 21st century
The MLB Draft doesn’t get the same attention as the NFL Draft…or the NBA Draft…or even the NHL Draft. There’s the element of a stay in a farm system, the general lack of immediate impact for MLB draft picks, and the fact that it’s tougher for one MLB player to turn a franchise’s fortunes around.
Athletics News / NIL on SI / August 20, 2025
Middle Tennessee’s unconventional move adds $668k to NIL war chest
Middle Tennessee is trading drip for dollars in a new move that would make Billy Beane proud. In a cost-cutting move aimed at competing in the new economics of college football, the Blue Raiders have eliminated two alternate uniforms and dramatically pared back their helmet inventory.
Which MLB teams have the longest World Series droughts?
Here is every MLB team’s current title drought, though obviously for some of them “drought” is an overstatement.
Athletics News / MLB on ClutchPoints / August 4, 2025
Padres GM AJ Preller channels Billy Beane after ‘lunatic’ trade deadline
San Diego Padres GM AJ Preller is no stranger to chaos, but even by his standards, the 2025 trade deadline was next level. Over a six-hour span, Preller executed five trades involving 22 players—acquiring eight and sending out 14, including 11 prospects.
Athletics News / Inside The Diamonds / June 19, 2025
Once Innovators, Now Exiles: A Story of Modern Analytics
The Athletics under former GM Billy Beane, then the Oakland Athletics, were… dynastic, for lack of a better word. Though not embodied by any one player,
Athletics News / Athlon Sports / May 16, 2025
Auburn Baseball Going Viral After First-Base Coach Hits Home Run During Game
In "Moneyball" (2011), Billy Beane, played by Brad Pitt, asks the question, “How can you not be romantic about baseball?” This quote encapsulates the unpredictable, beautiful moments that sports bring to our lives.
Athletics News / Twins Daily / March 29, 2025
The Twins Almanac (3/29): Puckett Wakes Up with Blurred Vision
Today's Almanac features notes on Kirby Puckett, Billy Beane, Jose Morales, and Minnesota native Mike Kingery.
The 20 greatest MLB teams to never win the World Series
Even the most successful regular-season teams in Major League Baseball have failed to win it all. Here's our list of 20 such clubs that fall into that category.
Athletics News / Just Baseball / March 6, 2025
Fantasy Baseball Draft Guide 2025 | Tips, Rankings & Strategies
Build your own fantasy dynasty with our expert positional rankings, draft strategies, and player insights. We’d suggest bookmarking this bad boy and using it as your go-to checklist for the 2025 fantasy baseball season.
Athletics News / Sports World News / August 6, 2024
More Than a Bat: Billy Beane’s MLB Triumphs and Groundbreaking Advocacy for Equality
Billy Beane, a former player and an influencer of inclusion dies according to a sad note from the major league baseball that was released on Tuesday. It is almost one year after being diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia that led to his death at the age of 60.
Lecce News / Football Italia / April 5, 2024
Milan owner Cardinale: People in the USA said I was ‘crazy’ to invest in Italy
Gerry Cardinale reveals Billy Beane encouraged him to invest in European football and ultimately buy Milan, but many in the USA thought he was ‘crazy’ to invest in Italy.
Athletics News / Athletics on SI / February 17, 2024
Billy Beane Urged A's to Reengage with Oakland
On Thursday the Oakland A's and officials from the City of Oakland and Alameda County met to discuss a possible lease extension for the team to play their games at the Coliseum from 2025-27.
MLB News / Yardbarker / August 24, 2023
Famous executive defends Yankees' Brian Cashman amid culture concerns
Well-known Oakland Athletics executive Billy Beane thinks New York Yankees fans should give senior vice president and general manager Brian Cashman a break amid what Cashman referred to on Wednesday as a "disaster" of a season.
20 facts you might not know about 'Moneyball'
Here are 20 facts about the film we find interesting, and we don’t care what the scouts say. It’s all in the numbers.
MLB News / Yardbarker / October 18, 2021
Brewers' David Stearns, A's Billy Beane out of running for Mets' front office job
The Mets still need a new manager after parting ways with Luis Rojas but first must land one of the individuals who will be tasked with making that hire.
Dreadful to dynamic: We rank all 30 Major League Baseball fan bases
What fans are the best in baseball? (Hint: Their team wears red.) And the worst? Here's Yardbarker's assessment of the best and worst fan bases in the majors.
Best, worst and most obnoxious fan bases in baseball
The best fans tend to show up to the ballpark no matter what state the team is in. Of course, it's hard to blame the folks who don't show up when their teams put a bad product out on the field.
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