Athletics Nation · Apr 8, 2022
The Creative Destruction of Baseball
Kevin Smith, next man up“If you want full disclosure, I think it is a good thing that you got Damon off of your payroll. I think it opens up all kinds of interesting possibilities.”
\u2015 Moneyball, screenplay by Steve Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin
The Athletics are back, baby!
I have been worried about them for a while. I even considered becoming a fan of the Tampa Bay Rays. The Rays have been doing what the A’s should have been doing every year: ruthlessly churning the roster, trading the over-valued, expensive assets for incremental improvements to the team performance, building the farm system, and making the sensitive, die-hard fans cry in their beers.