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Baseball

usonian

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5. Yup

Reply to Auggie (Reply #4)

Mon Aug 1, 2022, 07:45 PM

Aug 2022

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Beane

He is the executive vice president of baseball operations and minority owner of the Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball (MLB); he is also minority owner of Barnsley FC of the EFL Championship in England and AZ Alkmaar of the Eredivisie in the Netherlands.

Ownership means basically everything.

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Oh goodie! The Yankees got stronger! [View all] Auggie Aug 2022 OP

Meanwhile, the Athletics, having successfully sold the entire team, usonian Aug 2022 #1

How does it go? The fish stinks from the head down? Auggie Aug 2022 #2

Beane has equity in the team, IIRC. usonian Aug 2022 #3

Didn't know Beane had equity Auggie Aug 2022 #4

Yup usonian Aug 2022 #5

It isn't showing so far EnergizedLib Aug 2022 #6