OAKLAND, CA - JUNE 3: Executive Vice President of Baseball Operations Billy Beane of the Oakland Athletics sits in the Athletics draft room, during the opening day of the 2019 MLB draft, at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum on June 3, 2019 in Oakland, California. (Photo by Michael Zagaris/Oakland Athletics/Getty Images)
We all know that the Boston Red Sox attempted to lure Billy Beane from the Oakland A’s in 2002. They made another attempt during the 2019 offseason.
Thanks to the miracle of film, virtually every baseball fan is aware that Billy Beane almost departed the Oakland A’s following the 2002 season.