With a nine-game losing streak pushing the A's out of the AL West race for the time being, A's GM Billy Beane made the surprising, but reasonable move to fire manager Bob Geren, who was in his fifth season as the manager.

The reason I call it a surprise is that Geren and Beane have a friendship that g...

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