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Ex-Yankee disputes his portrayal in 'Moneyball' movie
The movie, based on the Michael Lewis book about former A's general manager Billy Beane, portrayed Justice as a me-first egotist.
Sandy Alderson: Mets' pursuit of top exec 'wasn't fool's gold'
As it turns out, the Mets’ offseason pursuit of Billy Beane wasn’t a pipe dream, after all.
Theo Epstein to Billy Eppler: Mets' path to new GM
The Mets and Billy Eppler were finalizing a deal Monday night to make him their next general manager, ending a six-week search for the club’s top executive.
Mets' front office search is running out of names
The Mets’ short list for president of baseball operations is going to have to grow.
Why Mets are back to square one and where it may lead: Sherman
Steve Cohen is looking at a chessboard similar to last offseason. His preferred candidates are beyond his reach. He has no president of baseball ops, no GM and no manager.
Mets' president options dwindling as third big name pulls out
No Theo Epstein. No David Stearns. And now, no Billy Beane for the Mets.
Yankees fans want changes, but how many can they really expect to get?
Fans aren’t happy with the way this season ended and they want some things to change -- fast.
With Theo Epstein out, Mets' remaining options come with hurdles: Sherman
Billy Beane and David Stearns are the Mets' top two choices for the president of baseball operations vacancy.
Why Billy Beane is a better fit for Mets than Theo Epstein
There’s a belief within the industry that Beane, a longtime California resident, is really open to coming East.
Five potential candidates for Mets' president of baseball operations
The Mets are expected to soon begin a search for a president of baseball operations to guide a front office currently led by team president Sandy Alderson. Where will they...
Billy Beane of 'Moneyball' fame could bid farewell to baseball
Billy Beane’s potential deal to buy a stake in the company that owns the Boston Red Sox would end his visionary reign at the Oakland Athletics -- and could mark...
First-ever sports SPAC could target English soccer giant Liverpool
Two US sports moguls just raised more than half a billion dollars — and insiders bet that they’re shopping for a UK soccer team. Last week, prolific sports banker Gerry...
The second-half blueprint Mets can ride to playoffs
When the Mets play well in the second half, they generally make the playoffs. The Mets have reached the postseason nine times, never producing worse than a .588 winning percentage...
Ron Darling's tell-all skewers others, not just Lenny Dykstra
Lenny Dykstra is not the only ex-teammate former Met Ron Darling brushed back in his latest memoir. In “108 Stitches,” which the Mets author-announcer co-wrote with Daniel Paisner, Darling sets...
Inside Billy Beane's world, and his complicated Cashman friendship
It’s been 15 years since Michael Lewis’ “Moneyball” revolutionized baseball and became the best-selling book in the sport’s history. You don’t have to remind Billy Beane that he’s the godfather...
Red Sox manager? Ron Darling? Outside-the-box options to save Mets
Earlier this month I recommended Chris Marinak to be hired to run the Mets’ baseball operations department. I believe MLB’s current executive VP of strategy, technology and innovation possesses a...
Yankees, A's in Sonny Gray stalemate without a guaranteed blink
Executives who know both Brian Cashman and Oakland VP of baseball operations Billy Beane well describe them as executives who will not blink at the deadline if the Sonny Gray...
Theo Epstein boldly accepts his Cubs moment of truth
Cubs president of baseball operations Theo Epstein got Aroldis Chapman and a checkmark for honesty. In July 2014, Epstein traded two veteran starters, Jeff Samardzija and Jason Hammel, to Oakland...
How to strike it rich in baseball without ever playing
First it was a strategy. Then a book. Then a movie. Now "Moneyball," Michael Lewis' tale of how the payroll-challenged Oakland A's used data to take on the big-spending Yankees,...