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With the Athletics in free fall (and Daric Barton bunting like it's 1899), there have naturally been a few calls in Oakland for Bob Geren's head. Billy Beane is having none of it: "I think under difficult circumstances he's done a good job," Bea...

Joe Posnanski didn't really believe that Billy Beane has thrown over baseball for soccer, couldn't believe it ... until he noticed that Daric Barton, Oakland's first baseman and best hitter (which isn't saying much, but bear with us) has nine sacrifi...

I've recently discovered a bright young writer who seems to have excellent contacts, and I was struck by this passage on the plight of some small-market clubs: "When [GM] Theo Epstein took over in Boston, he changed the industry," said Indians GM M...

It looks like a fairly boring winter for the A's, at least if you believe Billy Beane ... In other words, he's staying the course that he set a couple of winters ago before appearing to veer a bit off last offseason with the acquisitions of veteran...

Columist Monte Poole diagnoses the Athletics' woes: How on earth did such an accomplished franchise, with such a celebrated architect, plummet to such pathetic depths? Oh, many are the ways. And nearly all of them lead back to our man Billy....

Finally, it's really happening this time: Columbia Pictures and director Steven Soderbergh have set Demetri Martin to star alongside Brad Pitt in "Moneyball," the adaptation of the Michael Lewis book about ballplayer-turned-Oakland Ath...

Is it still navel-gazing if you're gazing at the navels of others? Please let me know. In the mean time, today's links include a bunch of stuff about my fellow bloggers and such ... • To commemorate Billy Beane's 47th birthday (this weekend...

The American League and National League wild-card races are finally sorting themselves out.

Story | Conversation | September 09, 2005

Just looking at the Oakland Athletics' roster, you might not guess it. But Billy Beane is playing moneyball again.

Story | Conversation | January 07, 2005

The Billy Beane-led A's and the Buck Showalter-led Rangers are both in good shape for the stretch run.

Story | Conversation | July 30, 2004

Denigrating Billy Beane as just a stats "genius" is absurd and ridiculously off base.

Is Billy Beane losing his mind? Rob weighs in on the A's latest roster shake-ups.

While not everything has gone right this year in Boston, Theo Epstein is proving to be one of the game's top GMs.

The thought that sabermetrics is the reason fewer American-born blacks are playing baseball is nonsensical.

With Billy Beane not joining the front office in Boston, Beantown writers should be happy.

Rob believes having success as a minor-league manager can only help someone in trying to land a big-league job.