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Let’s not lose sight of the fact he was just No. 3 on EBMUD’s list of top water guzzlers. 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Watson/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>So, if you’re an Oakland A’s fan, you really kind of hope this thing works out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Billy Beane, legendary “Moneyball” general manager, has sent the A’s one-man highlight reel, outfielder \u003ca href=\"http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cespeyo01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yoenis Cespedes\u003c/a>, to the Boston Red Sox in return for ace left-handed starter \u003ca href=\"http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lestejo01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jon Lester\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sports-talk airwaves are instantaneously full of chatter about the whys and wherefores:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Beane and the A’s are dead serious about getting beyond the first round of the playoffs this year. Adding a starter of Lester’s caliber to the A’s already tough rotation will help assure that Oakland overcomes a strong challenge from the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and help the team make it past the pitching-rich Detroit Tigers (or whomever) on their way to the World Series.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The disappointing performance of \u003ca href=\"http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hammeja01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jason Hammel\u003c/a>, acquired from the Chicago Cubs earlier this month, forced Beane’s hand. Hammel somehow went 8-5 for the woeful Cubs and has racked up an 0-4 record for the A’s, the team with the best record in the major leagues.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Cespedes will be eligible for salary arbitration after next season, and all the history suggests that when that happens and his market price skyrockets, he’ll be wearing the uniform of the Yankees or the Dodgers or of some other team with an unlimited line of credit. So: Deal him now and get the most you can for him.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>And the A’s get outfielder \u003ca href=\"http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gomesjo01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jonny Gomes\u003c/a>, a native of Petaluma, a player with the reputation of making up with heart and hustle what he might lack in talent. Gomes was popular with players and fans during an earlier stint with the A’s.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Now, it would be presumptuous for me, someone who has to think hard about simple arithmetic, to question \u003ca href=\"http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/billion-dollar-billy-beane/\">“Billion-Dollar Billy” Beane\u003c/a> and the mountain of sabermetrics analysis he undoubtedly brought to bear on the Cespedes-for-Lester deal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But here are a few negatives in the deal, as seen from my seat in Section 215 of the Oakland Coliseum:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Lester is only a rental player: He’s a free agent after this year. The way the market works, and given the fact Boston is the only team he’s ever played for, the expectation is Lester will work out a deal to return to the Red Sox. So A’s fans, enjoy your two months-plus watching this guy do his thing and pray Beane hasn’t found another star like \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/07/24/oakland-athletics-designate-jim-johnson-for-assignment/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jim Johnson\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Cespedes is an electric talent. Yeah, I’ve seen him pop up a lot, and he’s had his wandering moments in the field. But the guy’s talent is amazing: his power, his speed on the bases and in the field, and his arm are breathtaking to see.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>While it’s true Cespedes would most likely be hitting the road after 2015, gee, that’s a whole season the team has given up on in return for the Jon Lester Southpaw Rental Service.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>It’s a little absurd to think that any one factor guarantees success in the postseason. Sure, pitching helps. But my unanalyzed recollection is that the A’s got some terrific pitching against the Tigers in their American League Division Series matchups in 2012 and 2013. It was their inability to hit the Tigers that doomed them. They just traded away one of their most potent offensive threats.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The A’s winning percentage the past two years with Cespedes in the lineup: .635. Without him: .389.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>The timing of the deal was driven by Thursday’s major league non-waiver trade deadline. Which is also why Beane kept dealing after making the Cespedes-Lester trade. He sent left-hander Tommy Milone to the Minnesota Twins for Sam Fuld.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s a weird and disappointing end to Milone’s Oakland career. He had become a dependable member of the Athletics’ rotation before being demoted after the team traded for the Cubs’ Hammel and \u003ca href=\"http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/samarje01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jeff Samardzija\u003c/a>. And in making the deal for Fuld, the A’s are simply reacquiring a gritty but oft-injured and light-hitting outfielder whom they cut loose in April.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a footnote, Beane made the Cespedes move two days before the A’s were holding \u003ca href=\"http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2147547-oakland-athletics-yoenis-cespedes-t-shirt-giveaway-becomes-awkward-after-trade\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a Cespedes “La Potencia” T-shirt day\u003c/a> at the Coliseum.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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Adding a starter of Lester’s caliber to the A’s already tough rotation will help assure that Oakland overcomes a strong challenge from the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and help the team make it past the pitching-rich Detroit Tigers (or whomever) on their way to the World Series.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The disappointing performance of \u003ca href=\"http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hammeja01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jason Hammel\u003c/a>, acquired from the Chicago Cubs earlier this month, forced Beane’s hand. Hammel somehow went 8-5 for the woeful Cubs and has racked up an 0-4 record for the A’s, the team with the best record in the major leagues.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Cespedes will be eligible for salary arbitration after next season, and all the history suggests that when that happens and his market price skyrockets, he’ll be wearing the uniform of the Yankees or the Dodgers or of some other team with an unlimited line of credit. So: Deal him now and get the most you can for him.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>And the A’s get outfielder \u003ca href=\"http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gomesjo01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jonny Gomes\u003c/a>, a native of Petaluma, a player with the reputation of making up with heart and hustle what he might lack in talent. Gomes was popular with players and fans during an earlier stint with the A’s.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Now, it would be presumptuous for me, someone who has to think hard about simple arithmetic, to question \u003ca href=\"http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/billion-dollar-billy-beane/\">“Billion-Dollar Billy” Beane\u003c/a> and the mountain of sabermetrics analysis he undoubtedly brought to bear on the Cespedes-for-Lester deal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But here are a few negatives in the deal, as seen from my seat in Section 215 of the Oakland Coliseum:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Lester is only a rental player: He’s a free agent after this year. The way the market works, and given the fact Boston is the only team he’s ever played for, the expectation is Lester will work out a deal to return to the Red Sox. So A’s fans, enjoy your two months-plus watching this guy do his thing and pray Beane hasn’t found another star like \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/07/24/oakland-athletics-designate-jim-johnson-for-assignment/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jim Johnson\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Cespedes is an electric talent. Yeah, I’ve seen him pop up a lot, and he’s had his wandering moments in the field. But the guy’s talent is amazing: his power, his speed on the bases and in the field, and his arm are breathtaking to see.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>While it’s true Cespedes would most likely be hitting the road after 2015, gee, that’s a whole season the team has given up on in return for the Jon Lester Southpaw Rental Service.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>It’s a little absurd to think that any one factor guarantees success in the postseason. Sure, pitching helps. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_141373\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/07/athletics-celebrate.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-141373\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/07/athletics-celebrate.jpg\" alt=\"Nick Punto and A's teammates celebrate beating the Toronto Blue Jays 1-0 in 12 innings on the Fourth of July. (Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"432\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nick Punto and A's teammates celebrate beating the Toronto Blue Jays 1-0 in 12 innings on the Fourth of July. (Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, Wednesday 11:59 p.m.: \u003c/strong>Of course, that other team here in the Bay Area is not too shabby either, as the A's learned tonight. Despite some recent struggles, the San Francisco Giants, proud World Series champions in 2010 and 2012, regained first place in the National League West with a spirited 5-2 defeat of the A's in the third of the current four-game series between the two Bay Bridge Series rivals. \u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They play again mid-day Thursday in San Francisco in the finale.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was a raucous scene at AT&T Park Wednesday night, with rival fans alternatively shouting \"Let's go Oakland\" or \"Let's go Giants\" all game long. In the early innings, the A's fans had the edge but as the game progressed, the hometown fans took over the noise meter until it became almost deafening by the end.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, Wednesday 9:30 a.m.:\u003c/strong> Apparently these A's are jinx-proof. Last night they continued their winning ways, taking Game 2 of the Bay Bridge Series against the S.F. Giants, 6-1. With the Angels' loss, their lead in the AL West grew to 4½ games. The A's have now won six in a row and lead the majors with 57 wins.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Bay Bridge Series shifts west tonight for Game 3 at AT&T Park at 7:15 p.m. Recently acquired Jason Hammel makes his first start for the A's, squaring off against Matt Cain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original Post:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you've been a fan of the Oakland A's all along, bear with us for a minute — we've got a news flash for those living in San Francisco Giants Land. And here it is: The A's aren't just that \u003cem>other\u003c/em> Bay Area team. In fact, there's little doubt that right now they're the best team in all of major league baseball — and by a large margin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They enter Tuesday night’s game against the Giants riding a five-game winning streak, after shutting out their San Francisco rival 5-0 Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"left long\">\n\u003ch3>Oakland A's All-Stars '14\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Josh Donaldson, 3B (1st)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scott Kazmir, SP (3rd)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Derek Norris, C (1st)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yoenis Cespedes, OF (1st)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brandon Moss, OF (1st)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sean Doolittle, RP (1st)\u003c/p>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>They lead the majors with 56 wins and a .629 winning percentage. The only team close is their AL West rival, the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, who are currently 3½ games behind Oakland, with 52 wins. Even more impressive is the A’s colossal run differential (runs scored minus allowed) of +140.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To put that into perspective, the teams with the second- and third-highest run differentials in baseball, the Angels (+74) and Seattle Mariners (+66) respectively, have the same +140 differential, \u003cem>combined\u003c/em>. (Perhaps not surprisingly, the AL West cellar-dwelling Texas Rangers and Houston Astros have the two lowest differentials in baseball.) The A’s run-differential through all 162 games last season: You guessed it, +140.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first half of the season has been nothing short of historic. Through the team's first 65 games, \u003ca href=\"http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article/mlb/oakland-as-are-outscoring-their-opponents-at-otherworldly-rate?ymd=20140611&content_id=79301054&vkey=news_mlb\" target=\"_blank\">MLB.com reported\u003c/a> the 2014 A’s were one of only 10 teams since 1940 with a run differential of at least +124. And MLB noted that those other nine teams \"read like a who's-who of some of the greatest teams in modern times.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\"The elite group consists of the 2001 Mariners, the 1998 Yankees, the 1998 Braves, the 1976 Reds, the 1976 Phillies, the 1974 Dodgers, the 1969 Orioles, the 1955 Dodgers and the 1944 Cardinals. Every one of those teams won at least 98 games, and all but the '55 Dodgers (who played only 153 games) won more than 100. Every one, of course, made the postseason.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The A's amazing numbers are hard to ignore, and the team is starting to get the attention it deserves. Oakland will send six players to the All-Star game, the most of any team (no other team has more than four representatives).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Josh Donaldson won the fans' vote for his position, earning the starting third base job for the American League team, becoming the first Athletic to win a fan-elected starting job since Jason Giambi did so in 2000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to Donaldson, left-handed pitchers Scott Kazmir and Sean Doolittle, catcher Derek Norris, and outfielders Yoenis Cespedes and Brandon Moss will make the trip to Minneapolis to play in the All-Star Game next Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://oakland.athletics.mlb.com/news/article/oak/oakland-athletics-all-star-selections-are-josh-donaldson-yoenis-cespedes-brandon-moss-derek-norris-sean-doolittle-and-scott-kazmir?ymd=20140706&content_id=83361820&vkey=news_oak\" target=\"_blank\">According to MLB.com\u003c/a>, “The A's had not sent at least six players [to the All-Star Game] since 1975, when they had seven on the roster. They hadn't even had as many as four since 2003, which also marked the last time they sent a position player.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The A’s also made a big splash last weekend, adding starting pitchers Jeff Samardzija and Jason Hammel in a trade with the Chicago Cubs. Samardzija was selected to the National League All-Star team, but will be replaced after his trade to the American League. The trade not only bolsters the A’s rotation, but signals to their fans and all of baseball that they are all in to make a strong push this season. \u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\"> 'Technology-based roster-building and algorithm-driven decision-making will be the strongest propagators of the traditional virtues of teamwork and chemistry.'\u003cbr>\n\u003ccite>— Billy Beane, A's General Manager\u003c/cite>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Looking at Oakland’s current roster, it’s tough to figure out how this team of no-names continues to dominate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-giants-clustered-their-luck/\" target=\"_blank\">FiveThirtyEight recently wrote about one theory\u003c/a>, pointing to the team’s high “cluster luck.” (“When a team’s batters cluster hits together to score more runs and a team’s pitchers spread hits apart to allow fewer runs, that’s cluster luck.”) Oakland currently has the second-highest cluster luck in baseball, meaning the team strings together hits in bunches leading to more runs, while not allowing other teams to do the same. (That same article points to bad cluster luck, the inability to string hits together, as one main reason for the Giants’ recent swoon.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A’s General Manager Billy Beane wrote\u003ca href=\"http://online.wsj.com/articles/billy-beane-on-the-future-of-sports-a-tech-driven-revolution-1404762964\" target=\"_blank\"> an article for the Wall Street Journal\u003c/a> this week that sheds some light on his current philosophy for building a winner. Beane describes using technology, such as MLB’s “3-D tracking system,” Statcast, which is currently in use in only a handful of major league ballparks, to take \u003ca href=\"http://www.billjamesonline.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Bill James\u003c/a>-inspired \u003ca href=\"http://sabr.org/sabermetrics\" target=\"_blank\">sabermetrics\u003c/a> to a whole new level of performance evaluation and roster building.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The technology \"provides detailed metrics on the locations and movements of the ball, the players, and even the umpires.\" MLB periodically releases videos of the new technology in action, showing detailed data such as how fast a defender takes his first step, route efficiency and ball release. Here's an example: an amazing catch by the Dodgers' Yasiel Puig (Statcast info begins at :15):\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe src=\"http://m.mlb.com/shared/video/embed/embed.html?content_id=33676413&topic_id=73955164&width=640&height=360&property=mlb\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Is all of this advanced data just a new way to quantify how great that catch is? Beane hints at a more subtle way to use the information to inform his personnel decisions:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“Data compiled using new technologies will enable management to assemble players in new ways, emphasizing their ability to complement one another. Whereas current metrics describe players' performance in isolation, front offices will increasingly rely on statistics that measure a player's value in the context of the rest of the team, picking up externalities such as how a player's defensive abilities may compensate for the deficiencies of those playing around him.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Beane adds: “Technology-based roster-building and algorithm-driven decision-making thus will be the strongest propagators of the traditional virtues of teamwork and chemistry.” In other words, the A’s front office is using technology to manufacture their “cluster luck.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Let’s be clear, this is not old-style\u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moneyball\" target=\"_blank\"> Moneyball\u003c/a>. Oakland management is spending money on players. Maybe not at Dodgers or Yankees levels, but the team is no longer refusing to invest in talent, as it did in the early 2000s. Its \u003ca href=\"http://deadspin.com/2014-payrolls-and-salaries-for-every-mlb-team-1551868969\" target=\"_blank\">opening day payroll\u003c/a> was more than $83 million, compared with $41 million in 2002. Billy Beane has made a few big money signings -- this offseason, he signed Kazmir to a two-year deal worth $22 million (a deal that's looking good now), gave closer Jim Johnson $10 million for one year (Johnson's been a flop, especially in appearances at the Coliseum), and is paying Cespedes more than $10 million both this year and next.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Maybe this is Beane tipping his hand, giving us a glimpse at the evolution of Moneyball, driven not by severe financial restrictions, but by an ever-growing parity in access to advanced performance data. As more information is available to all teams, Beane is keeping his team ahead of the curve by finding new ways to use that data.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At least through the first half of this season, anyway. The biggest question surrounding the A's as they approach the All-Star break (especially with their \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/07/07/oakland-city-council-debates-athletics-lease-behind-closed-doors/\" target=\"_blank\">Coliseum lease nearing an apparent resolution\u003c/a>), is whether or not they can keep up their torrid pace.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_141371\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 511px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/07/as-second-half.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-141371\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/07/as-second-half.jpg\" alt=\"Can the Oakland A's keep winning in the second half. (Photo via Bleacher Report).\" width=\"511\" height=\"402\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Can the Oakland A's keep winning in the second half? (Chart via Bleacher Report).\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Over the last 10 years, the A’s have earned the reputation as a \u003ca href=\"http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2117191-will-the-oakland-as-continue-their-historical-second-half-dominance-in-2014\" target=\"_blank\">strong second-half team\u003c/a>. (This doesn’t even include 2002’s legendary 20-game winning streak), which bodes well for the rest of the season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In his WSJ column, Beane explains how technology is changing the game of baseball, for fans and front offices alike. “As we have seen in other societal realms, technology is driving sports down the road toward increased access, diversity and meritocracy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So far this season, Beane’s Athletics seem to be in control of baseball’s meritocracy.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original Post:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you've been a fan of the Oakland A's all along, bear with us for a minute — we've got a news flash for those living in San Francisco Giants Land. And here it is: The A's aren't just that \u003cem>other\u003c/em> Bay Area team. In fact, there's little doubt that right now they're the best team in all of major league baseball — and by a large margin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They enter Tuesday night’s game against the Giants riding a five-game winning streak, after shutting out their San Francisco rival 5-0 Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"left long\">\n\u003ch3>Oakland A's All-Stars '14\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Josh Donaldson, 3B (1st)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scott Kazmir, SP (3rd)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Derek Norris, C (1st)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yoenis Cespedes, OF (1st)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brandon Moss, OF (1st)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sean Doolittle, RP (1st)\u003c/p>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>They lead the majors with 56 wins and a .629 winning percentage. The only team close is their AL West rival, the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, who are currently 3½ games behind Oakland, with 52 wins. Even more impressive is the A’s colossal run differential (runs scored minus allowed) of +140.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To put that into perspective, the teams with the second- and third-highest run differentials in baseball, the Angels (+74) and Seattle Mariners (+66) respectively, have the same +140 differential, \u003cem>combined\u003c/em>. (Perhaps not surprisingly, the AL West cellar-dwelling Texas Rangers and Houston Astros have the two lowest differentials in baseball.) The A’s run-differential through all 162 games last season: You guessed it, +140.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first half of the season has been nothing short of historic. Through the team's first 65 games, \u003ca href=\"http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article/mlb/oakland-as-are-outscoring-their-opponents-at-otherworldly-rate?ymd=20140611&content_id=79301054&vkey=news_mlb\" target=\"_blank\">MLB.com reported\u003c/a> the 2014 A’s were one of only 10 teams since 1940 with a run differential of at least +124. And MLB noted that those other nine teams \"read like a who's-who of some of the greatest teams in modern times.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\"The elite group consists of the 2001 Mariners, the 1998 Yankees, the 1998 Braves, the 1976 Reds, the 1976 Phillies, the 1974 Dodgers, the 1969 Orioles, the 1955 Dodgers and the 1944 Cardinals. Every one of those teams won at least 98 games, and all but the '55 Dodgers (who played only 153 games) won more than 100. Every one, of course, made the postseason.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The A's amazing numbers are hard to ignore, and the team is starting to get the attention it deserves. Oakland will send six players to the All-Star game, the most of any team (no other team has more than four representatives).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Josh Donaldson won the fans' vote for his position, earning the starting third base job for the American League team, becoming the first Athletic to win a fan-elected starting job since Jason Giambi did so in 2000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to Donaldson, left-handed pitchers Scott Kazmir and Sean Doolittle, catcher Derek Norris, and outfielders Yoenis Cespedes and Brandon Moss will make the trip to Minneapolis to play in the All-Star Game next Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://oakland.athletics.mlb.com/news/article/oak/oakland-athletics-all-star-selections-are-josh-donaldson-yoenis-cespedes-brandon-moss-derek-norris-sean-doolittle-and-scott-kazmir?ymd=20140706&content_id=83361820&vkey=news_oak\" target=\"_blank\">According to MLB.com\u003c/a>, “The A's had not sent at least six players [to the All-Star Game] since 1975, when they had seven on the roster. They hadn't even had as many as four since 2003, which also marked the last time they sent a position player.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The A’s also made a big splash last weekend, adding starting pitchers Jeff Samardzija and Jason Hammel in a trade with the Chicago Cubs. Samardzija was selected to the National League All-Star team, but will be replaced after his trade to the American League. The trade not only bolsters the A’s rotation, but signals to their fans and all of baseball that they are all in to make a strong push this season. \u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\"> 'Technology-based roster-building and algorithm-driven decision-making will be the strongest propagators of the traditional virtues of teamwork and chemistry.'\u003cbr>\n\u003ccite>— Billy Beane, A's General Manager\u003c/cite>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Looking at Oakland’s current roster, it’s tough to figure out how this team of no-names continues to dominate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-giants-clustered-their-luck/\" target=\"_blank\">FiveThirtyEight recently wrote about one theory\u003c/a>, pointing to the team’s high “cluster luck.” (“When a team’s batters cluster hits together to score more runs and a team’s pitchers spread hits apart to allow fewer runs, that’s cluster luck.”) Oakland currently has the second-highest cluster luck in baseball, meaning the team strings together hits in bunches leading to more runs, while not allowing other teams to do the same. (That same article points to bad cluster luck, the inability to string hits together, as one main reason for the Giants’ recent swoon.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A’s General Manager Billy Beane wrote\u003ca href=\"http://online.wsj.com/articles/billy-beane-on-the-future-of-sports-a-tech-driven-revolution-1404762964\" target=\"_blank\"> an article for the Wall Street Journal\u003c/a> this week that sheds some light on his current philosophy for building a winner. Beane describes using technology, such as MLB’s “3-D tracking system,” Statcast, which is currently in use in only a handful of major league ballparks, to take \u003ca href=\"http://www.billjamesonline.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Bill James\u003c/a>-inspired \u003ca href=\"http://sabr.org/sabermetrics\" target=\"_blank\">sabermetrics\u003c/a> to a whole new level of performance evaluation and roster building.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The technology \"provides detailed metrics on the locations and movements of the ball, the players, and even the umpires.\" MLB periodically releases videos of the new technology in action, showing detailed data such as how fast a defender takes his first step, route efficiency and ball release. Here's an example: an amazing catch by the Dodgers' Yasiel Puig (Statcast info begins at :15):\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe src=\"http://m.mlb.com/shared/video/embed/embed.html?content_id=33676413&topic_id=73955164&width=640&height=360&property=mlb\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Is all of this advanced data just a new way to quantify how great that catch is? Beane hints at a more subtle way to use the information to inform his personnel decisions:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“Data compiled using new technologies will enable management to assemble players in new ways, emphasizing their ability to complement one another. Whereas current metrics describe players' performance in isolation, front offices will increasingly rely on statistics that measure a player's value in the context of the rest of the team, picking up externalities such as how a player's defensive abilities may compensate for the deficiencies of those playing around him.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Beane adds: “Technology-based roster-building and algorithm-driven decision-making thus will be the strongest propagators of the traditional virtues of teamwork and chemistry.” In other words, the A’s front office is using technology to manufacture their “cluster luck.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Let’s be clear, this is not old-style\u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moneyball\" target=\"_blank\"> Moneyball\u003c/a>. Oakland management is spending money on players. Maybe not at Dodgers or Yankees levels, but the team is no longer refusing to invest in talent, as it did in the early 2000s. Its \u003ca href=\"http://deadspin.com/2014-payrolls-and-salaries-for-every-mlb-team-1551868969\" target=\"_blank\">opening day payroll\u003c/a> was more than $83 million, compared with $41 million in 2002. Billy Beane has made a few big money signings -- this offseason, he signed Kazmir to a two-year deal worth $22 million (a deal that's looking good now), gave closer Jim Johnson $10 million for one year (Johnson's been a flop, especially in appearances at the Coliseum), and is paying Cespedes more than $10 million both this year and next.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Maybe this is Beane tipping his hand, giving us a glimpse at the evolution of Moneyball, driven not by severe financial restrictions, but by an ever-growing parity in access to advanced performance data. As more information is available to all teams, Beane is keeping his team ahead of the curve by finding new ways to use that data.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At least through the first half of this season, anyway. The biggest question surrounding the A's as they approach the All-Star break (especially with their \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/07/07/oakland-city-council-debates-athletics-lease-behind-closed-doors/\" target=\"_blank\">Coliseum lease nearing an apparent resolution\u003c/a>), is whether or not they can keep up their torrid pace.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_141371\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 511px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/07/as-second-half.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-141371\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/07/as-second-half.jpg\" alt=\"Can the Oakland A's keep winning in the second half. (Photo via Bleacher Report).\" width=\"511\" height=\"402\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Can the Oakland A's keep winning in the second half? (Chart via Bleacher Report).\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Over the last 10 years, the A’s have earned the reputation as a \u003ca href=\"http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2117191-will-the-oakland-as-continue-their-historical-second-half-dominance-in-2014\" target=\"_blank\">strong second-half team\u003c/a>. (This doesn’t even include 2002’s legendary 20-game winning streak), which bodes well for the rest of the season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In his WSJ column, Beane explains how technology is changing the game of baseball, for fans and front offices alike. “As we have seen in other societal realms, technology is driving sports down the road toward increased access, diversity and meritocracy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Pardon us, please, while we engage in some end of the year navel-gazing. It’s the season of the list, when we reflect on the Top 10 whatevers and the year’s most interesting something-or-others. These articles are great, because hey, it \u003cem>is\u003c/em> nice to pause and look back at the year and also because we are in the midst of some typically dreadfully slow news weeks, and we have to get something new up on the site.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, to get in the spirit of things, here are the top six articles posted on KQED.org that won’t go away. The stories that, despite all the new and exciting things we’re writing, still draw more traffic than just about anything else we post.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Why do people keep visiting them? We don’t always know exactly. But here, I’ll drive some more traffic to them now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1. \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2011/03/21-things-that-will-be-obsolete-by-2020/\">21 Things That Will Be Obsolete by 2020\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px\">We might as well start this list with a list. This article was published in 2011 on \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/\">Mindshift\u003c/a>, KQED’s blog about the future of education. It got picked up by \u003ca href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/\">StumbleUpon\u003c/a>, and from there, Mindshift editor Tina Barseghian said, “It went nuts.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_121787\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 294px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/desk.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-121787 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/desk.jpg\" alt=\"(Corey Leopold/Flickr) http://www.flickr.com/photos/cleopold73/2906486794/\" width=\"294\" height=\"198\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(\u003ca href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/cleopold73/2906486794/\">Corey Leopold/Flickr\u003c/a>)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px\">Why such lasting popularity? Tina thinks it taps into people’s fascination with the future. “Will desks really be obsolete in just six years? Computers and homework? Some of this seems unlikely,” she told me.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px\">But on the other hand, who doesn’t want to imagine a world in which rote busywork and standardized tests are things of the past?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px\">When I mentioned this article to a colleague, another online producer, she said she imagined the post itself would eventually become obsolete — in 2021.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>2.\u003c/strong> \u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2011/09/28/art-howe-rip-moneyball-and-billy-beane-listen-to-knbr-appearance/\">Art Howe Rips ‘Moneyball’ and Billy Beane; Listen to KNBR Appearance \u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px\">“It shows a real person criticizing his portrayal in a major Hollywood film. That’s somewhat unusual, especially for a relatively unknown person like Art Howe,” Jon Brooks, the article’s author, told me in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px\">Brooks said this article, posted here on News Fix in 2011, benefited from good old search results. He said Google ranked it very high on searches for “Billy Beane;” it got traffic surges when Moneyball was released in theaters and again when it came out on DVD. 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But these two, published in 2010 and 2011, respectively, really seem to transcend any kind of seasonality. Vegan almond milk is in BAB’s top 10 this week, in the middle of winter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px\">Wendy said the long tail is pretty much how food blogging works. “I write posts that try to be local. But the reality is, people in Oklahoma are looking for creamy chicken and rice casserole.” No matter what food policy topics or new recipes or interesting restaurants she’s featuring on the blog, there are creamy chicken and vegan almond milk, dominating the field. “I’m never going to be able to live up to this again,” she told me. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Pardon us, please, while we engage in some end of the year navel-gazing. It’s the season of the list, when we reflect on the Top 10 whatevers and the year’s most interesting something-or-others. These articles are great, because hey, it \u003cem>is\u003c/em> nice to pause and look back at the year and also because we are in the midst of some typically dreadfully slow news weeks, and we have to get something new up on the site.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, to get in the spirit of things, here are the top six articles posted on KQED.org that won’t go away. The stories that, despite all the new and exciting things we’re writing, still draw more traffic than just about anything else we post.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Why do people keep visiting them? We don’t always know exactly. But here, I’ll drive some more traffic to them now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1. \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2011/03/21-things-that-will-be-obsolete-by-2020/\">21 Things That Will Be Obsolete by 2020\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px\">We might as well start this list with a list. This article was published in 2011 on \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/\">Mindshift\u003c/a>, KQED’s blog about the future of education. It got picked up by \u003ca href=\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/\">StumbleUpon\u003c/a>, and from there, Mindshift editor Tina Barseghian said, “It went nuts.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_121787\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 294px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/desk.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-121787 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/desk.jpg\" alt=\"(Corey Leopold/Flickr) http://www.flickr.com/photos/cleopold73/2906486794/\" width=\"294\" height=\"198\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(\u003ca href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/cleopold73/2906486794/\">Corey Leopold/Flickr\u003c/a>)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px\">Why such lasting popularity? Tina thinks it taps into people’s fascination with the future. “Will desks really be obsolete in just six years? Computers and homework? Some of this seems unlikely,” she told me.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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That’s somewhat unusual, especially for a relatively unknown person like Art Howe,” Jon Brooks, the article’s author, told me in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px\">Brooks said this article, posted here on News Fix in 2011, benefited from good old search results. He said Google ranked it very high on searches for “Billy Beane;” it got traffic surges when Moneyball was released in theaters and again when it came out on DVD. In fact, it still gets small traffic surges when Beane is in the news, for instance this past fall when the A’s headed for the post-season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>3. \u003c/strong>and \u003cstrong>4. \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2010/01/28/creamy-chicken-and-rice-casserole/\">Creamy Chicken and Rice Casserole\u003c/a>\u003c/strong> and \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2011/04/28/vegan-almond-milk-ice-cream-3-recipes/\">\u003cstrong>Vegan Almond Milk Ice Cream: 3 Recipes\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_121794\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 270px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/lick-smacking-almond-milk-ice-cream.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-121794 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/lick-smacking-almond-milk-ice-cream.jpg\" alt=\"(Denise Santoro Lincoln/KQED)\" width=\"270\" height=\"203\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Denise Santoro Lincoln/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px\">Wendy Goodfriend, editor of \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/\">Bay Area Bites\u003c/a>, said certain food articles get seasonal bumps; \u003ca title=\"Permanent Link to Cranberry & Rosemary White “Christmas” Sangria\" href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2012/12/21/cranberry-rosemary-white-christmas-sangria/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Cranberry & Rosemary White “Christmas” Sangria\u003c/a>, published last year, has recently revived itself. But these two, published in 2010 and 2011, respectively, really seem to transcend any kind of seasonality. Vegan almond milk is in BAB’s top 10 this week, in the middle of winter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px\">Wendy said the long tail is pretty much how food blogging works. “I write posts that try to be local. But the reality is, people in Oklahoma are looking for creamy chicken and rice casserole.” No matter what food policy topics or new recipes or interesting restaurants she’s featuring on the blog, there are creamy chicken and vegan almond milk, dominating the field. “I’m never going to be able to live up to this again,” she told me. 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"content": "\u003cp>Major League Baseball’s playoffs begin today, and for only the second time since the current eight-team format debuted in 1995, there is \u003ca href=\"http://www.baseball-almanac.com/ws/postseason.shtml\">no California team in the hunt for the World Series\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both the Giants and the A’s managers held their traditional end-of-season press conferences Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_41483\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/09/Sabean-Bochy-Ezra-Shaw-Getty.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-41483 \" title=\"Cincinnati Reds v San Francisco Giants\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/09/Sabean-Bochy-Ezra-Shaw-Getty-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Brian Sabean and Bruce Bochy\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">General manager Brian Sabean and manager Bruce Bochy on June 9, 2011. Photo: Ezra Shaw/Getty Images\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For the Giants, general manager Brian Sabean and manager Bruce Bochy (accompanied at times by the \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2011/09/29/watch-live-giants-end-of-season-press-conference/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AT&T Park cleaning crew\u003c/a>\u003ca title=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2011/09/29/watch-live-giants-end-of-season-press-conference/\" href=\"../2011/09/29/watch-live-giants-end-of-season-press-conference/\">\u003c/a>) fielded questions from the reporters about why the 2010 World Champions made an early exit from contention. The most obvious reason was the season-ending injury to Buster Posey, but Sabean said it was far from the only problem.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have to play better defense,” he said. “Our defense wasn’t as good as it should have been. That can help our pitching. We also have to run the bases better. And that’s something that we can control, that’ll be a major theme going into next spring training.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.csnbayarea.com/pages/v11_videodetail?PID=hXWM2-_HQIT4SffvgfrMV06ZG_tMjkR3sfzv96\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here\u003c/a> to see the archived video at CSN Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can read some insightful, amusing, and occasionally profane analysis of the press conference at the \u003ca href=\"http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2011/9/29/2458686/on-the-season-end-press-conference\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">McCovey Chronicles blog\u003c/a> .\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_41490\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/09/Getty-Images.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-41490\" title=\"Oakland Athletics v Cleveland Indians\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/09/Getty-Images-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Hideki Matsui stands in the outfield.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hideki Matsui stands in center field during batting practice prior to a game against the Cleveland Indians. Photo: Jason Miller/Getty Images\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Across the bay, A’s general manager Billy Beane posed in front of the team’s Japanese-language backdrop. Not by coincidence, since about half the questions during the press conference were from the Japanese reporters who’ve been with the team this year, following \u003ca href=\"http://espn.go.com/mlb/player/_/id/5372/hideki-matsui\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hideki Matsui\u003c/a>’s every move. It looks like those reporters may be back next year, first to welcome the A’s to Tokyo when they open the 2012 season in Japan against the Seattle Mariners, and then back in Oakland if the \u003ca href=\"http://blog.sfgate.com/athletics/2011/09/28/japan-trip-is-a-go-matsui-a-virtual-lock-to-return-to-as/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rumors\u003c/a> that Matsui will be re-signed are true.\u003cbr>\n\u003c!--more-->\u003cbr>\nThe non-Japanese reporters were just as interested in discussing the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sacbee.com/2011/09/30/3949956/ruling-on-move-cant-come-soon.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A’s future home\u003c/a> as they were the future roster. A blue-ribbon panel appointed by Major League Baseball has been pondering – for the better part of three years — the A’s request to move the team from Oakland to San Jose. But recently, Beane has thrown out hints that the answer may be coming soon. If the move gets the green light, Beane suggested the team would avoid signing pricey veterans for its remaining years in Oakland, so they could rebuild a team of young players for the new ballpark. “The key to having a successful opening is to have a great team,” he said. “And if you’ve got a new stadium in four years, you probably do everything you can to put yourself in the position of having a great team, not just for one year, but a number of years going forward.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.csnbayarea.com/pages/v11_videodetail?PID=hXWM2-B993lun4VKTuaGDJBLyVJJMxRdul5YBG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Here’s\u003c/a> the archived video of Beane.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The parsing of Beane’s remarks and other intuition about the A’s future continues at the \u003ca href=\"http://newballpark.org/2011/09/29/whos-staying-where/#comments\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New A’s Ballpark blog\u003c/a>.\u003ca title=\"http://newballpark.org/2011/09/29/whos-staying-where/#comments\" href=\"http://newballpark.org/2011/09/29/whos-staying-where/#comments\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Major League Baseball’s playoffs begin today, and for only the second time since the current eight-team format debuted in 1995, there is \u003ca href=\"http://www.baseball-almanac.com/ws/postseason.shtml\">no California team in the hunt for the World Series\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both the Giants and the A’s managers held their traditional end-of-season press conferences Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_41483\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/09/Sabean-Bochy-Ezra-Shaw-Getty.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-41483 \" title=\"Cincinnati Reds v San Francisco Giants\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/09/Sabean-Bochy-Ezra-Shaw-Getty-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Brian Sabean and Bruce Bochy\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">General manager Brian Sabean and manager Bruce Bochy on June 9, 2011. Photo: Ezra Shaw/Getty Images\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For the Giants, general manager Brian Sabean and manager Bruce Bochy (accompanied at times by the \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2011/09/29/watch-live-giants-end-of-season-press-conference/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AT&T Park cleaning crew\u003c/a>\u003ca title=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2011/09/29/watch-live-giants-end-of-season-press-conference/\" href=\"../2011/09/29/watch-live-giants-end-of-season-press-conference/\">\u003c/a>) fielded questions from the reporters about why the 2010 World Champions made an early exit from contention. The most obvious reason was the season-ending injury to Buster Posey, but Sabean said it was far from the only problem.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have to play better defense,” he said. “Our defense wasn’t as good as it should have been. That can help our pitching. We also have to run the bases better. And that’s something that we can control, that’ll be a major theme going into next spring training.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.csnbayarea.com/pages/v11_videodetail?PID=hXWM2-_HQIT4SffvgfrMV06ZG_tMjkR3sfzv96\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here\u003c/a> to see the archived video at CSN Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can read some insightful, amusing, and occasionally profane analysis of the press conference at the \u003ca href=\"http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2011/9/29/2458686/on-the-season-end-press-conference\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">McCovey Chronicles blog\u003c/a> .\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_41490\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/09/Getty-Images.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-41490\" title=\"Oakland Athletics v Cleveland Indians\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/09/Getty-Images-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Hideki Matsui stands in the outfield.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hideki Matsui stands in center field during batting practice prior to a game against the Cleveland Indians. Photo: Jason Miller/Getty Images\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Across the bay, A’s general manager Billy Beane posed in front of the team’s Japanese-language backdrop. Not by coincidence, since about half the questions during the press conference were from the Japanese reporters who’ve been with the team this year, following \u003ca href=\"http://espn.go.com/mlb/player/_/id/5372/hideki-matsui\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hideki Matsui\u003c/a>’s every move. It looks like those reporters may be back next year, first to welcome the A’s to Tokyo when they open the 2012 season in Japan against the Seattle Mariners, and then back in Oakland if the \u003ca href=\"http://blog.sfgate.com/athletics/2011/09/28/japan-trip-is-a-go-matsui-a-virtual-lock-to-return-to-as/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rumors\u003c/a> that Matsui will be re-signed are true.\u003cbr>\n\u003c!--more-->\u003cbr>\nThe non-Japanese reporters were just as interested in discussing the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sacbee.com/2011/09/30/3949956/ruling-on-move-cant-come-soon.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A’s future home\u003c/a> as they were the future roster. A blue-ribbon panel appointed by Major League Baseball has been pondering – for the better part of three years — the A’s request to move the team from Oakland to San Jose. But recently, Beane has thrown out hints that the answer may be coming soon. If the move gets the green light, Beane suggested the team would avoid signing pricey veterans for its remaining years in Oakland, so they could rebuild a team of young players for the new ballpark. “The key to having a successful opening is to have a great team,” he said. “And if you’ve got a new stadium in four years, you probably do everything you can to put yourself in the position of having a great team, not just for one year, but a number of years going forward.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.csnbayarea.com/pages/v11_videodetail?PID=hXWM2-B993lun4VKTuaGDJBLyVJJMxRdul5YBG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Here’s\u003c/a> the archived video of Beane.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The parsing of Beane’s remarks and other intuition about the A’s future continues at the \u003ca href=\"http://newballpark.org/2011/09/29/whos-staying-where/#comments\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New A’s Ballpark blog\u003c/a>.\u003ca title=\"http://newballpark.org/2011/09/29/whos-staying-where/#comments\" href=\"http://newballpark.org/2011/09/29/whos-staying-where/#comments\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/09/moneyballSM2.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-41265\" title=\"moneyballSM\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/09/moneyballSM2-300x179.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"179\">\u003c/a>Former A's manager Art Howe has been on the offensive over his portrayal in the film \u003cem>Moneyball\u003c/em>, based on the book of the same name.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you've seen the film, you know that Howe, portrayed by Philip Seymour Hoffman, is depicted as intransigent about accepting the cutting-edge statistical theories of GM Billy Beane and his assistant. The name of that character was changed at the request of Beane's real-life second, Paul DePodesta, during the 2002 season the film covers. But not so for Howe. The film also depicts the former manager as preoccupied with his contract, and suggests that Beane frequently went behind Howe's back in coaching players during that 103-win year.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2011/09/27/moneyball-producer-rachael-horovitz-answers-6-questions/\">Moneyball producer Rachael Horovitz answers 7 questions\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2011/09/20/at-the-moneyball-premiere/\">Report from the Moneyball Oakland premiere\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/01/24/an-as-fan-recalls-being-an-extra-on-set-of-moneyball/\">An A's fan recalls being an extra on the set\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Howe went on KNBR yesterday to discuss the matter with Gary Radnich and Larry Krueger. In the interview, Howe complains about several scenes in the movie that never happened in real-life. When Radnich makes the point that Moneyball is, after all, a movie, Howe says:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I understand that, but they didn't have to malign my character the way they did. The thing that really concerns me, Gary, is all the millions of people that will be watching that movie who really don't know Art Howe, and this is the impression they're going to have of me.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Where do you think that came from?\" Radnich asks, \"if you don't know Michael Lewis, the author. It had to come from Billy, did it not?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That's the way it kind of looks. I don't know for sure, but I wouldn't be surprised.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later on, Howe says he would expect an apology from Beane if he ever ran into him, and that \"he knows who I am and what I did for the organization for seven years...He knows there was a lot of injustice done here, and I would hope he'd be man enough to step up and call me and say, 'Hey Art, I'm really sorry about this.'\" Howe said he didn't expect that to happen, however. He also said Beane once apologized to him in private for the way Beane treated him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.knbr.com/portals/3/podcasts/garyradnich/092711arthurhowe.mp3\">\u003cstrong>Listen here\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/athletics/ci_18992953\">Beane fired back\u003c/a>, briefly, yesterday, telling the Bay Area News Group, \"I was wondering who was going to be the first guy to think I produced, wrote or directed this movie. Now I have my answer. (Howe's) comments are completely misguided.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More criticism from Howe...\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From \u003ca href=\"http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/Art-Howe-isn-t-happy-about-his-portrayal-in-Mon?urn=mlb-wp20913\">Big League Stew's blog\u003c/a> on Yahoo! Sports last Sunday:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Here's Howe on SiriusXM's Mad Dog Radio:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Considering the book wasn't real favorable to me to start with I figured it would be something like this but to be honest with you it is very disappointing to know that you spent seven years in an organization and gave your heart and soul to it and helped them go to the postseason your last three years there and win over 100 games your last two seasons and this is the way evidently your boss [Beane] feels about you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They never called me to get my slant on things as far as the movie was concerned. So, I mean, it's coming from someone. I don't know who it is but maybe it is Hollywood to make it sell, I guess. I don't know. It's disappointing. I spent my whole career trying to build a good reputation and I think I did that but this movie certainly doesn't help it. And it is definitely unfair and untrue. If you ask any player that ever played for me they would say that they never saw this side of me, ever. \"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And what about his portrayal in the book?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"[Lewis] came in my office for about 10 minutes one day and that's all the time he spent with me. And put yourself in my position. He's asking me about my boss. Now, what can you say? [laughs] He ran some things by me and I verified some things and gave my slant to different things but they never got into the book, my slants.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Here's a \u003ca href=\"http://blog.chron.com/ultimateastros/2011/09/28/art-howe-livid-over-his-portrayal-in-moneyball/\">long interview Howe did\u003c/a> with a Houston Chronicle blog in which he takes issue with a number of things in the film:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Was the contract an issue? I know that was a big thing in the movie and almost how they introduced you in the movie.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A: That was fictitious. They didn’t do their homework as far as the movie was concerned because I was on a two-year contract through 2003. I had another year after that. My agent always took care of my contract; I never negotiated with Billy, especially not in the hallway of the clubhouse. Never happened.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Do you feel that this (movie and book) affects your name in baseball circles?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A: It certainly doesn’t help it the way I was portrayed. I think the book hurt me and now the movie. I want people who don’t know Art Howe – that’s the problem with the movie – I’ve spent my whole career trying to build a good reputation and be a good baseball man and someone who people like to play for and all of the above. Then in two hours, people who don’t know me – and Brad Pitt’s a big name, people are going to see his movies – and all these people across the country are going to go in and get this perception of me that’s totally unfair and untruthful. So I’m very upset.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And quotes from an interview with the Chronicle yesterday:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\"They couldn't have demeaned me more. It's disgusting. I'm hurt by it. My reputation is altered by it. People who don't know me are going to think that's the real Art Howe.\"\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\"I wish they'd communicated with me,\" Howe said of the filmmakers.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\"I don't know how you can get away with saying it's a true movie. I like how in the movie, it's Billy Beane who's the one who tells Mike Magnante he's being released, and he tells Magnante, 'Thank you so much for everything, Mike.' Give me a break. I'm the one who had to tell Magnante, and he was less than a week away from getting his full pension. I like Mike, I tried hard to get him those days, I told them to put him on the DL to get him the time; it wouldn't have cost them anything.\"\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n",
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