Billy Beane Leaving The A's

[VeggieDog]

Tweet from the Wall Street Journal:

Oakland A’s executive Billy Beane, who led the “Moneyball” revolution in sports, is expected to leave his role with the team to become part of billionaire Boston Red Sox owner John Henry’s sports empire.

[RudyRuetigger]

Wow for some reason I thought he already left to padres or something

[Mr KLC]

Oakland Athletics executive Billy Bean is slated to leave the organization in order to pursue opportunities outside MLB, according to the Wall Street Journal's Jared Diamond, Joshua Robinson and Miriam Gottfried.

Beane, 58, is currently the co-chair of RedBall Acquisition Corp, which is set to merge with Fenway Sports Group. Beane will partner with Red Sox owner John Henry in the deal, though Beane will not take a position running the Red Sox, per the Wall Street Journal.

The architect of the Moneyball A's will likely turn his attention to other sports ventures, specifically European soccer. Beane recently purchased a stake in the Dutch soccer club AZ Alkmaar on Oct. 9.

[pologq]

interesting news

[jjgold]

It was a money move