Oakland A's GM Billy Beane, Post-Moneyball, Visits Athletics
Nation - Part I  It's been quite a month for Oakland A's general
manager Billy Beane. He was the subject of a movie that's come
in second at the box office two weeks in a row (twice to
children's movies). There has been persistent rumors that Beane
is the main candidate to take over the vacant Chicago Cubs GM
position - and Jenkins also wrote that Beane could even consider
an Angels move (speculation on his part which Beane isn't big
on).  That being said, Beane's baseball team had another rough
season. Despite many people believing the A's had the potential
to at LEAST be a .500 ballclub, they wound up in basically the
same place they've been the last few seasons, out of the
playoffs.   Billy took some time out of his ridiculously busy
schedule to talk with me for close to two hours. What you'll see
here and over the next two days is the transcription of that
interview. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did conducting the
interview.  Tyler Bleszinsk