Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Oakland GM Billy Beane Coins New Term: The "MicroMarket"

Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane pointed his aggressive more to add Matt Holliday and some of the other “bigger-name” deals his club has linked to as proof that the A’s have some payroll to play with. What he didn’t agree with was a term used in the question about how small-market teams — like Tampa Bay, Oakland, et. al. — get competitive and then stay competitive.

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