When you hear the name Billy Beane, what comes to mind?

When I think of Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane, I think about a man who finds talent and cultivates it until it's ripe.  Beane enjoys his crop for a few choice years, and then when the maintenance costs get too high, he has a yard sale, or he takes his commodities to the bargaining table and tries to get...

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