William Lamar "Billy" Beane III (born March 29, 1962) is a former Major League Baseball player and the current general manager (GM) and minority owner of the Oakland Athletics. Prior to his front office career, he played for the New York Mets (1984–85), Minnesota Twins (1986–87), Detroit Tigers (1988), and Oakland Athletics (1989). He joined the Athletics' front office as a scout in 1990, and was named GM after the 1997 season.
A first round draft pick, Beane's playing career failed to meet the expectations of the scouts, who projected him as a star. In his front office career, Beane has applied statistical analysis to players, known as sabermetrics, which has led all teams to reconsider how they evaluate players. He is the subject of Michael Lewis' 2003 book on baseball economics, Moneyball, which was made into a 2011 film starring Brad Pitt as Beane. Pitt was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his portrayal of Beane.
Beane grew up in Hollywood, Florida and San Diego, California, the child of a career military family. His father, a naval officer, taught him how to pitch. At Mt. Carmel High School (San Diego, California), he excelled at baseball, football, and basketball, but gave up football to avoid an injury that could prematurely end his baseball career. Despite this, Stanford University tried to recruit Beane on a joint baseball-football scholarship as the quarterback who would replace then-sophomore John Elway for the Stanford Cardinal football team.
William Bradley "Brad" Pitt (born December 18, 1963) is an American actor and film producer. Pitt has received four Academy Award nominations and five Golden Globe Award nominations, winning one Golden Globe. He has been described as one of the world's most attractive men, a label for which he has received substantial media attention.
Pitt first gained recognition as a cowboy hitchhiker in the road movie Thelma & Louise (1991). His first leading roles in big-budget productions came with A River Runs Through It (1992), Interview with the Vampire (1994), and Legends of the Fall (1994). In 1995, he gave critically acclaimed performances in the crime thriller Seven and the science fiction film 12 Monkeys, the latter earning him a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor and an Academy Award nomination. Four years later, Pitt starred in the cult hit Fight Club. He then starred in the major international hit Ocean's Eleven (2001) and its sequels, Ocean's Twelve (2004) and Ocean's Thirteen (2007). His greatest commercial successes have been Troy (2004) and Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005). Pitt received his second and third Academy Award nominations for his leading performances in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) and Moneyball (2011). In addition, Pitt owns a production company, Plan B Entertainment, whose productions include The Departed (2006), which won the Academy Award for Best Picture, and Moneyball, which garnered a Best Picture nomination.
Ken Korach is a play-by-play announcer for the Oakland Athletics. He has been with the organization since 1996. During the 2005 season, the Oakland Athletics radio team, including Korach, Bill King and Ray Fosse, was ranked as 2nd best in the American League by USA Today. Korach was promoted to the lead announcer for the Athletics in January 2006 to replace Bill King, who died in October 2005.
He often "resets" the game during an inning or before a tense situation, reciting the count, runners, demeanor of the pitcher, and attitude of the crowd to paint a picture for the listener. Korach also has a couple often-used catch phrases: during night games he'll say, "The lights have taken full effect," referring the point when the darkness of night meets the brightness of the stadium lights. Also, for a called third strike on a batter, he says, excitedly, "<type of pitch> <outside/inside corner> ring-em' up strike three called!"
Korach has previously announced for the Chicago White Sox, several minor league baseball teams, and basketball and football for UNLV and San José State University.
Susan Slusser is a sportswriter. She works for the San Francisco Chronicle, covering the Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball. She is currently the president of the Baseball Writers' Association of America, becoming the first woman to serve as its president.
Slusser previously worked for the Dallas Morning News in 1995 and 1996, covering the Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball (MLB).[1] She also served as a beat writer in the National Basketball Association. She worked in Sacramento, California for the Sacramento Bee, where she covered the Sacramento Kings, and Orlando, Florida for the Orlando Sentinel, where she covered the Orlando Magic.[2] Since 1999, Slusser has worked for the San Francisco Chronicle, covering the Oakland Athletics of MLB.[1]
Slusser was elected as the vice-president of the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) in October 2011.[1] The next year, she was voted the president of the BBWAA, the first woman to serve in the role.[2]
Slusser's husband, Dan Brown, work as a sportswriter for the San Jose Mercury News.[3]
Persondata | |
---|---|
Name | Slusser, Susan |
Alternative names | |
Short description | Sports journalist |
Date of birth | |
Place of birth | |
Date of death | |
Place of death |
![]() |
This journalism-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
Billy Beane Is The World's Worst Person In Sports
Brad Pitt and Billy Beane Talk MONEYBALL, Interview
Moneyball - New Way of Thinking
Web Exclusive - Billy Beane talks to Sports Analytics TV
Money Ball: David Nuno Interviews Brad Pitt & Billy Beane
Will Moneyball ever pay off for Billy Beane?
Oakland Athletics: Billy Beane Profile
Oakland A's 20th win in a row 2002
Money Ball - Billy Beane - Team Selection Scene
Billy Beane Trades Cespedes for Lester : WOW
Sports Econ 101 May 31, 2014 guest Billy Beane
Moneyball Clip - Billy Beane with John Henry
Ken Korach, Susan Slusser and Billy Beane (Podcast No. 127)
Billy Beane vs Grady Fuson (Moneyball)
Plot
Oakland A's GM Billy Beane is handicapped with the lowest salary constraint in baseball. If he ever wants to win the World Series, Billy must find a competitive advantage. Billy is about to turn baseball on its ear when he uses statistical data to analyze and place value on the players he picks for the team.
Keywords: 1970s, 1980s, 2000s, anger, baseball, baseball-game, baseball-manager, baseball-player, baseball-team, based-on-book
What are you really worth?
[after an argument about Billy's statistical approach to baseball instead of trusting his scouts]::Billy Beane: I'm not gonna fire you, Grady.::Grady Fuson: Fuck you, Billy.::Billy Beane: Now I will.
[Billy's scouts are dismissive of Scott Hatteberg because he walks a lot]::Billy Beane: He gets on base a lot. Do I care if it's a walk or a hit?
David Justice: Why doesn't your boss travel with the team?::Peter Brand: He doesn't like to... mingle with the players.::David Justice: Is that supposed to make us easier to cut?
Billy Beane: Would you rather get one shot in the head or five in the chest and bleed to death?::Peter Brand: Are those my only two options?
Billy Beane: I pay you to get on first, not get thrown out at second.
Scott Hatteberg: [Responding to being asked to play first base for the Oakland A's] I've only ever played catcher.::Billy Beane: It's not that hard, Scott. Tell him, Wash.::Ron Washington: It's incredibly hard.
Miguel Tejada: [Justice tries to get a soda out of a soda machine, nothing comes out] That costs a dollar, man.::David Justice: What?::Miguel Tejada: Welcome to Oakland, D.J.
Billy Beane: You think losing is fun?
Billy Beane: How can you not get romantic about baseball?
Peter Brand: Billy, this is Chad Bradford. He's a relief pitcher. He is one of the most undervalued players in baseball. His defect is that he throws funny. Nobody in the big leagues cares about him because he looks funny. This guy could be not just the best pitcher in our bullpen, but one of the most effective relief pitchers in all of baseball. This guy should cost $3 million a year. We can get him for $237,000.
Billy Beane Is The World's Worst Person In Sports
Brad Pitt and Billy Beane Talk MONEYBALL, Interview
Moneyball - New Way of Thinking
Web Exclusive - Billy Beane talks to Sports Analytics TV
Money Ball: David Nuno Interviews Brad Pitt & Billy Beane
Will Moneyball ever pay off for Billy Beane?
Oakland Athletics: Billy Beane Profile
Oakland A's 20th win in a row 2002
Money Ball - Billy Beane - Team Selection Scene
Billy Beane Trades Cespedes for Lester : WOW
Sports Econ 101 May 31, 2014 guest Billy Beane
Moneyball Clip - Billy Beane with John Henry
Ken Korach, Susan Slusser and Billy Beane (Podcast No. 127)
Billy Beane vs Grady Fuson (Moneyball)
MLB 13 The Show - Billy Beane Road To The Show EP21 - An Abrupt Halt
MLB 13 The Show - Billy Beane Road To The Show EP1 - The Rebirth Begins
The GM's Office Billy Beane
Hiroyuki Nakajima Calls Billy Beane "Sexy and Cool"
The Men In Blazers Talk Premier League and Moneyball with Billy Beane | Men in Blazers 02/26/14
Best scene from Moneyball
Billy Beane's winter wheeling and dealing - Yankees Hot Stove
MLB 13 The Show - Billy Beane Road To The Show EP2 - Starting Out Strong
MLB 13 The Show - Billy Beane Road To The Show EP8 - That Manny Power
Moneyball's Impact on Business and Sports
Billy Bean 20/20 Interview with Diane Sawyer
Numbers Never* Lie Moneyball Interview
30 Minute Interview with Oakland A's GM Billy Beane for Athletics After Dark PART 1 of 2
30 Minute Interview with Oakland A's GM Billy Beane for Athletics After Dark PART 2 of 2
Brad Pitt & Jonah Hill - Moneyball Interview at TIFF 2011
Billy Beane Interview
Rock Riley interviews Brad Pitt & Billy Beane.m4v
Billy Bean ABC interview short version
Kannaway Atlanta Exclusive Interview with Brian Beane (HD)
MLB 13 The Show - Billy Beane Road To The Show - EP22 - #TheReturn
Billy was 17 mean as hell
Bonnie said she was 30, it was hard to tell
Now Billy met Bonnie on a Saturday night
At the dirt track races, it was love at first sight
Now Bonnie was wilder than the west wind blows
Taught Billy every single thing he knows
But she never told Billy what she left out
The part about the trouble when your times runs out
When the thrill is gone, when your deal goes south
It's all over when your time runs out
Well Bonnie said, "Billy, don't you think it's time
We moved on a little further down the line"
So they knocked off a Texaco south of town
Blew down the highway with the ragtop down
Now Billy woke Bonnie up about first light
Said, "You drive honey, I've been up all night"
Now Billy wasn't sweatin' no APB
'Cause they didn't leave a single soul alive to see
He was just 16, made his mama proud
That don't mean nothin' when your time runs out
Now Bonnie kept pushin' that Cadillac
Billy passed out with the seat reared back
Slept through Louisiana, then just past dark
Bonnie pulled over in a roadside park
Left Billy sleeping and she called the cops
He never knew nothin' when the dime was dropped
Bonnie knew what she had to do
She called the sheriff and she cried on cue
And the state police rousted Billy out
He was dreaming about Bonnie when his time ran out
The sheriff told Billy, "Boy, you're bound to die
'Cause this young lady's gonna testify
That you done took her off against her will
And she told us about the robbery and the boy you killed"
Now the judge said, "Billy, what you got to say
Before I have the sheriff carry you away?"
Now Billy looked Bonnie right in the eye
But he didn't even have to ask her why
But he turned around as they led him out
when the cat's away, the mice will play beer and drugs and things to say to you, to you lots of girls and lots of boys loud music and all the toys we need, we need
we have to go the neighbors have complained we have to go the walls have all been stained they have to know they cant stop us now they have to know we could burn this town old men and kids on the run missing teeth and now the damage is done, it's all been done losing battles, losing fights the police would love to take away our rights, our rights [chorus]
Papers scattered on the lawn
Weeds where there were none before
The evening light is nearly gone
Yellow tape across the door
Broken china underfoot
Makes an uninviting sound
You see them everywhere you look
Coffee table upside down
It was the last time that
He damned her
That she went looking
For the hammer
And with a fury seldom seen
She hit him with the ballpeen
Blood in patterns on the wall
Down the curtains to the floor
You follow handprints down the hall
There's a picture on the wall
Taken back when I was small
You are standing next to me
I loved you the most of all
We would watch the winters thaw
You would sing and I would draw
animals and things for you
In colors that you never saw
And my Blue Pony's gonna take me for a ride
Down to where we used to go
An I'll see your smile and touch your face
And my heart will overflow
Now the years have washed our times away
Like footprints in the rain
And the house is gone
With the days we shared
The Bala Bay Inn was built in 1910
Not much has changed in this hotel
People still come by to dance, dine and sing
And remember Louis Riel
Rowboats on the water
Wave to the train passing by
Steamships and planes
Will never stop here again
But I hope that I will sometime
Rowboats on the water
Wave to the trains passing by
Steamships and planes
May never stop here again
But I hope that I do sometime
If you're smokin' that shit
You better get your mind right
If you're smokin' that shit
You better get your mind right
If you're smokin' that shit
You better get your mind right
If you're smokin' that shit
You better get your mind right
If you're smokin' that shit
You better get your mind right
If you're smokin' that shit
You better get your mind right
If you're smokin' that shit
You better get your mind right
If you're smokin' that shit