On Monday, the Wall Street Journal reported that Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane will soon have a stake in the Boston Red Sox through his company RedBall Acquisition Corp. Since you can’t be involved in running two MLB teams at once, it appears Beane will instead leave baseball entirely — joining Red Sox owner […]
The Oakland A’s might be something of America’s team in 2020. Their torrid start to the season has pushed them past the besmirched Houston Astros in the American League West standings and in our prediction model. Every time the A’s excel on the field, we’re reminded of “Moneyball,” the best-selling book that helped accelerate baseball’s […]
There are two ways of looking at Tuesday night’s American League wild card playoff game between the Kansas City Royals and Oakland Athletics. If you’re a Royals fan — or a fan of baseball in general, with no real stake in the outcome — it was an instant classic. If you’re an A’s fan, though, […]
There are two ways of looking at Tuesday night’s American League wild card playoff game between the Kansas City Royals and Oakland Athletics. If you’re a Royals fan — or a fan of baseball in general, with no real stake in the outcome — it was an instant classic. If you’re an A’s fan, though, […]
This year’s Major League Baseball trade-deadline fire sale mostly went to script, headlined by the Jon Lester/Yoenis Cespedes mega deal where the Oakland A’s and Boston Red Sox helped each other out in the usual fashion: One got to clear millions in salaries off the books while gaining a few parts, and the other obtained […]
