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A's plan doesn't add up right now. (Baseball).
Michael Lewis should write another book. Team Moneyball is 10th in the American League in runs, 10th in on-base percentage and 11th in slugging. It's the third straight season of offensive decline for the A's, and not all of it can be blamed on the loss of Jason Giambi after 2001. Royals shortstop Angel Berroa, a player the A's traded, began the week with as many homers as Erubiel Durazo, the slugger A's general manager Billy Beane couldn't wait to acquire last winter.
Baseball humbles even its smartest executives, but you wouldn't have known it from reading Moneyball, in which Beane is portrayed as part Abner Doubleday, part Gordon Gekko. Beane and his ...
- Green is Brewers' speedy choice Kentucky centerfielder showed Bando plenty;...
- Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel TOM HAUDRICOURT June 5, 1996 700+ words
It took only one game for Milwaukee Brewers general manager Sal Bando to understand why his scouts raved about Chad Green. "He did everything in that game that you could ask," said Bando, who watched the University of Kentucky centerfielder in action recently in the Southeastern Conference
- A's finally defeat the Blue Jays.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Okanes, Jonathan May 2, 2001 700+ words
...three and struck out seven. The Blue Jays had a few threats early against...come up with a clutch hit. The Blue Jays put runners on first and second...catch by A's third baseman Eric Chavez. The Blue Jays also took a page out of the A...
- A's top the Blue Jays.
- Newspaper article from: Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, CA) July 27, 2006 700+ words
...Thursday night over the Toronto Blue Jays materialized in the sixth inning...occurred on a Ted Lilly pitch that Eric Chavez rifled back up the middle, scoring...from the last time he faced the Blue Jays. During a May 10 game in Toronto...
- Athletics 9, Blue Jays 8.
- News wire article from: United Press International August 16, 1999 700+ words
...9-8 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays in the opener of a key series between...card hopefuls. Jason Giambi and Eric Chavez added solo homers for Oakland...Shannon Stewart homered for the Blue Jays, who have lost two straight following...
- A's fall to Blue Jays.
- Newspaper article from: Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, CA) June 4, 2004 700+ words
...scoring rallies. Oakland's Eric Chavez-less offense looked timid...during a 6-1 loss to the Blue Jays on Friday night at Network...Harden did his part. The Blue Jays had just two hits against...Harden simply overpowered the Blue Jays the rest of the time. With...
- A's edge Blue Jays in 11th inning.
- Newspaper article from: San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, CA) June 3, 2004 700+ words
...Oakland A's know they can survive Eric Chavez's absence only by offsetting a...victory Thursday night over the Toronto Blue Jays. Jermaine Dye's one-out sacrifice...McLemore supported Zito with a nice Eric Chavez imitation. McLemore, the first...
- A's edge Blue Jays in 11th inning.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Haft, Chris June 3, 2004 700+ words
...Oakland A's know they can survive Eric Chavez's absence only by offsetting a...victory Thursday night over the Toronto Blue Jays. Jermaine Dye's one-out sacrifice...McLemore supported Zito with a nice Eric Chavez imitation. McLemore, the first...
- Blue Jays have no complaints about Hinske.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Miedema, Lawrence May 10, 2002 700+ words
...be a player the Toronto Blue Jays can build around. Hinske...hander Justin Miller to the Blue Jays in December for closer...been dominant, but the Blue Jays have no complaints about...fellow 24-year-old Eric Chavez, Hinske arrived at Toronto...