Moneyball Star Jeremy Brown Retiring

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Your Move, Wizards Dance Team [Blogdome]
Published 2/16/2008 by Christmas Ape at Deadspin
... blowback has begun. [My Pinstripes] Emo Eagles, meet Flyers fans. [Flyers Fieldhouse] Brian McNamee: The Musical [McSweeney's] Amare Stoudemire has an mighty international nickname. [FanHouse] John Hughes vs. Ditka. But what if Molly Ringwald were Ditka's daughter? [Fortress of Pillows] ESPN personalities in search of deux-deux-deux. [Food Court Lunch] A Moneyball staple calls it quits. [Larry Brown Sports] Yes, I'm a sucker for cheap flattery. [Four Habs Fans] ...

2008 MLB Draft Focus
Published 6/3/2008 by Mike (noreply@blogger.com) at A CITIZEN'S BLOG
... was an unproven talent who could, in the eyes of scouts, be molded into a big leaguer. The scouts who saw Billy Beane play saw Billy Beane as the next Mickey Mantle. Billy Beane the General Manager has no interest or confidence in the capacity of minor league instructors to mold players or try and make them something they are not. Billy Beane wants proven talent, which is why the '02 A's took college players exclusively and took players that other teams took a pass on. Perhaps things didn't work out with Jeremy Brown, the much maligned catcher the A's took from the University ...