Tag: Moneyball

Inside Billy Beane’s Winning Strategy for the Oakland Athletics 2002

Posted on October 8, 2025 by Avery Collins

Right, so the Oakland Athletics 2002 season.  Most people have heard of it because of that Brad Pitt movie, but the real-life season was a lot crazier than Hollywood made it look. Jason Giambi had just departed for the Yankees. Johnny Damon was gone, too. The A’s had almost no money compared with teams like […]

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Tara Beane: The Woman Behind the “Moneyball” Star

Posted on August 27, 2025 by susiemccoy

Tara Beane is not famous as her baseball player husband, Billy Beane, but quietly compelling is the story of her life. Married to one of the sport’s most out-of-the-box thinkers, Tara spent two decades being the stabilising force in Billy’s life through the ups and downs of his career, living a life of grace, seclusion, […]

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