“The only guy I’d say I’m disappointed in today I’d say is Billy Beane,” Kelly said of the Oakland Athletics executive.
The kid in question was Oklahoma quarterback Kyler Murray, whom Beane’s A’s selected with the ninth overall selection in baseball’s amateur draft three months earlier. The part-time center fielder signed a contract that included a $4.66 million bonus, but did so under the condition he could play college football for another season.
Murray had passed for 306 yards and three touchdowns Saturday in his team’s 49-21 victory over UCLA at Memorial Stadium. He also rushed for 69 yards and two more touchdowns.