MLBTR Chat Transcript: 9/23/19

I like Billy Beane but I can see how people are tired if hearing about him. He has not only never won a world series but he has never even taken a team to the world series. I agree he has limited payroll but plenty of other teams have limited payrolls as well. I think people get a little irritated at the fact that an entire major box office movie was made about it Billy Beane and glorified him like crazy. He was played by Brad Pitt for goddsake. That man charges over $20 million per movie. Other teams have low payrolls and accomplished more than him. The Twins did it in the 90’s and have always had a low payroll. The Braves did it for a decade and a half with Cox and Scheurholz. Both those teams actually won it all and one of them set the American sports record for most division championships in a row. The Braves just got their 2nd consecutive division championship even though they are in the lowest MLB payroll bracket while having their highest payroll in history. I guess the easy answer for the movie and media attention is that Billy Beane actually took the time to write a book. Braves management like Bobby Cox and John Scheurholz would say that when they were GM’s they didn’t have enough time to write a vanity book. They were too busy trying to build championships.