Billy Beane
Billy Beane
William Lamar "Billy" Beane IIIis an American former professional baseball player and current front office executive. He is the Executive Vice President of Baseball Operations and minority owner of the Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball. Prior to his front office career, he played in MLB as an outfielder between 1984 and 1989 for the New York Mets, Minnesota Twins, Detroit Tigers, and Oakland Athletics. He joined the Athletics front office as a scout in 1990. He was named general...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth29 March 1962
CityOrlando, FL
CountryUnited States of America
Who knows how the rest of baseball views you? ... I can go home and sleep and know that we used tremendous character to get through this season.
Lenny was so perfectly designed, emotionally, to play the game of baseball. He was able to instantly forget any failure and draw strength from every success. He had no concept of failure. And he had no idea of where he was.
It’s hard not to be romantic about baseball
You have to face reality some time. But there's no sense in facing it until somebody forces you to.
How can you not be romantic about baseball?
Do I wish everybody in baseball had the same amount to spend? Absolutely. At some point, the disadvantage of being a small-market team is that the inefficiencies will be weeded out. Having less than your competitor is never an advantage.
I think it took a lot for him to pick up the phone.
We've made a proposal to Kenny. We talked to him for the last couple weeks. We've expressed a desire to have Kenny back. Given his status as an up-and-coming manager, he has options and we are respectful of that. We'll see how it goes. I wouldn't expect it would be a long process. It would be one that should come to some sort of resolution relatively quickly.
I think it will have a major impact.
Kenny called me a couple days ago in Phoenix, ... He gave me a call.It took a lot for him to pick up the phone.
Ken has options and we're respectful of that. I wouldn't expect a long process. We'll come to a resolution soon.
Ken did a great job for us. We've always said that. He was a good enough manager for us to want him back before, and he's still a good enough manager to come back.
It all started with that call. I think it took a lot for him to pick up that phone. It was probably not an easy call for him to make.
We were unable to reach an agreement with Ken regarding a contract extension that was satisfactory for both parties,