Fraley: Selling high is what Billy Bean does best
Published 5/9/2008 by Gerry Fraley at SportingNews.com Baseball News and Exclusive Analysis
Oakland seems to have a knack for letting its superstar pitchers go at exactly the right time ... or maybe it's by design.
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