http://swinginas.com/2012/04/12/will-billy-beane-stay-committed-to-youth-movement/ An Oakland Athletics Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Sun, 30 Dec 2012 03:04:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://swinginas.com/2012/04/12/will-billy-beane-stay-committed-to-youth-movement/comment-page-1/#comment-1301309 HaveATake_DontSuck Fri, 13 Apr 2012 05:20:48 +0000 http://swinginas.com/?p=4209#comment-1301309 Beane is very bright, but he has botched team management and player evaluation in every which way since the mid 2000's.  The A's have not produced or acquired a position player worth holding onto other than Car Go since Eric Chavez.  He has had herrendous timing on pulling the plug and not pulling the plug on rebuilds.  The current A's team as currently constructed not only doesn't have a shot in the present MLB climate, but it doesn't have the up coming talent that remotely resembles a division challenging squad in the years to come. Beane is very bright, but he has botched team management and player evaluation in every which way since the mid 2000′s.  The A’s have not produced or acquired a position player worth holding onto other than Car Go since Eric Chavez.  He has had herrendous timing on pulling the plug and not pulling the plug on rebuilds.  The current A’s team as currently constructed not only doesn’t have a shot in the present MLB climate, but it doesn’t have the up coming talent that remotely resembles a division challenging squad in the years to come.

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