Billy Beane

Angels' Jerry Dipoto speaks to the SABR rattlers

2013-03-07 23:17:00

PHOENIX — I write this column with a headache. I went to a meeting of the SABR Analytics Conference here Thursday night. The throbbing may never stop. SABR stands for Society for American Baseball Research. It is basically an organization that...

Does the Dodgers' Ned Colletti need to get his Marvin Gaye on?

2012-12-20 13:52:00

Poor Ned Colletti. Seems he’s not too sexy for his shirt or cowboy boots. What has it come to for general managers these days, when they’re not only critiqued on that last free agent signing but also on if they turn heads when they enter a...

Roger Jongewaard dies at 75; major league baseball scout

2012-06-19 00:00:00

Roger Jongewaard, a longtime baseball scout from Long Beach who presided over three No. 1 draft picks — Ken Griffey Jr. and Alex Rodriguez for the Seattle Mariners and Darryl Strawberry for the New York Mets — has died. He was 75. A...

Roger Jongewaard dies at 75; longtime baseball scout

2012-06-20 00:00:00

Was that a shocking 'Moneyball' end to the regular baseball season?

2011-09-29 16:32:47

'Moneyball's' biggest believers? Hint: The entertainment business

2011-09-22 21:32:49

Brad Pitt puts Malibu beach house on the market

2011-09-03 00:00:00

Brad Pitt has listed his gated Malibu beach house for $13.75 million. The view home he shares with actress Angelina Jolie sits on 1.26 blufftop acres with a tennis court, a lap pool and access to the beach. Features include walls of glass doors, a walk-...

California On Location Awards honor location managers for pluck

2011-10-18 16:33:20

World Series managers differ on 'Moneyball,' too

2011-10-26 21:33:24

'Moneyball' author Michael Lewis: Brad Pitt hit a homer

2011-11-11 16:36:46

Baseball GMs and movie studio chiefs: Are they really doing the same job?

2011-05-26 16:32:46

Brad Pitt Alert: Is Sony's lengthy 'Moneyball' ad really on the money?

2011-07-28 21:32:48

The players: Brad Pitt as Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane, Jonah Hill as a Yale wiz kid and Phillip Seymour Hoffman as the A's stubborn coach How it changed the game: When the Oakland Athletics find themselves on a budget with the championship constantly eluding them, a revolutionary

2013-04-03 00:00:00

Brad Pitt and his cast mates hit the "Moneyball" premiere at Paramount Theatre of the Arts in Oakland. Pitt stars as real-life Oakland A's General Manager Billy Beane, who found creative ways to build up his baseball club on a budget.

2011-09-19 00:00:00