http://assets.espn.go.com/i/tvlistings/tv_espn_original.gif en-us 10 ESPN Inc. http://espn.go.com/ Copyright 2010 ESPN Inc. If you're a baseball fan and (1) have a spare $130, and (2) are either single or have a relationship that will bear your watching 40 hours of baseball...]]> April 16, 2013 11:21:30 PDT Bob Melvin has repeatedly described the comfort of managing right at home in the Bay Area -- and Billy Beane has described the comfort in having a winning, "modern-day" manager leading the Oakland Athletics.]]> January 14, 2013 07:39:55 PST There's more attention paid to this year's AL MVP ballot than any award I can remember, in part because it's seen as a fight between two camps -- thos...]]> November 15, 2012 03:33:53 PST With help from the blog network writers, here are reasons each team can win the World Series. St. Louis Cardinals 1. A potent, balanced lineup. Th...]]> October 04, 2012 18:07:35 PDT ESPN MLB Insider Buster Olney shares his thoughts on Stephen Strasburg, the AL Central race, the Athletics' surprising success, Buster Posey and more....]]> September 11, 2012 01:03:52 PDT The Sacramento River Cats' latest post on Facebook: "It's Manny Time."]]> May 15, 2012 10:47:40 PDT Miguel Tejada won an MVP award with the Oakland Athletics. Now a shell of his former self, Tejada is using the media to try to rekindle a reunion with his former team.]]> February 29, 2012 04:48:39 PST The Oakland Athletics are close to tying up general manager Billy Beane and team president Michael Crowley through 2019, as Susan Slusser writes. But ...]]> February 08, 2012 05:30:04 PST The Oakland Athletics are close to tying up general manager Billy Beane and team president Michael Crowley through 2019, as Susan Slusser writes. But ...]]> February 08, 2012 02:30:04 PST Billy Beane is planning to stay in the Bay Area for the long haul.]]> February 07, 2012 11:56:19 PST Athletics general manager Billy Beane expects to hear "very soon" from Commissioner Bud Selig about whether the club will be allowed to move south to San Jose and build a new ballpark.]]> September 29, 2011 11:15:20 PDT Bob Melvin is Billy Beane's new man to lead the Athletics for the long haul, or so Oakland's general manager hopes.]]> September 20, 2011 15:39:29 PDT With his banged-up team mired in a nine-game losing streak and rampant speculation about the tenuous status of manager Bob Geren, general manager Billy Beane felt he had no other choice than to make a change at skipper.]]> June 09, 2011 06:41:26 PDT Oakland general manager Billy Beane became the first MLB executive to issue a directive to a catcher on his team in the aftermath of the home-plate collision that ended Giants catcher Buster Posey's season.]]> May 31, 2011 14:58:33 PDT Even before Jay Cutler walked off the field Sunday, even before he or any doctor had a chance to explain the condition of his knee, even before a sing...]]> January 27, 2011 02:05:58 PST