![Billy Beane was a guy who had been devalued by the sport as a player and now is working as a GM for a small-market team.There is such a gulf in what these teams have to spend on talent [that] they can never play equally - they can never have a true competition.](/assets/img/quote-photos/billy-beane-was-a-guy-who-had-been-devalued-by-the-sport-as-a-player-and-now-is-w.jpg)
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