02-06-2009, 02:54 PM
<!--quoteo(post=16452:date=Feb 6 2009, 12:50 PM:name=Butcher)-->QUOTE (Butcher @ Feb 6 2009, 12:50 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=16450:date=Feb 6 2009, 12:38 PM:name=veryzer)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (veryzer @ Feb 6 2009, 12:38 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->everyone is finding it ironic that they're making a movie about a guy who's never won a thing. you brought up hendry, which was irrelevant to the conversation, and i pointed out the fact that no one is making a movie about him. hope that clarifies things a little.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I was responding to what Dirk said -- which only references Beane's supposed brilliance. Nothing about the film was mentioned. Everyone who criticizes Beane likes to point out that his teams always fall flat in the playoffs. All I was saying is that it doesn't matter -- the playoffs are a crapshoot and that the teams Beane built (for a fraction of the cost of the teams the A's faced in the playoffs) were still really good. What Beane has done with the small-market A's is incredible -- what they do in the playoffs doesn't change that.
Hope that clarifies things a little.
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a little.
I was responding to what Dirk said -- which only references Beane's supposed brilliance. Nothing about the film was mentioned. Everyone who criticizes Beane likes to point out that his teams always fall flat in the playoffs. All I was saying is that it doesn't matter -- the playoffs are a crapshoot and that the teams Beane built (for a fraction of the cost of the teams the A's faced in the playoffs) were still really good. What Beane has done with the small-market A's is incredible -- what they do in the playoffs doesn't change that.
Hope that clarifies things a little.
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a little.
Wang.