A’s GM Billy Beane Receives Top Honors from Baseball America

Baseball America has named Oakland A’s general manager Billy Beane the 2013 Major League Executive of the Year.  Read more here.

Striking Out Moneyball

PRESS RELEASE – Two University of Dayton researchers have struck out a central theory about college versus high school players popularized by Moneyball, the influential 2003 book about Major League Baseball player evaluation.

A’s Give Beane Long-Term Extension

The Oakland Athletics have reportedly agreed to extend the contracts of GM Billy Beane and team President Michael Crowley through the 2019 season.  Read more here