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Art Howe is born a futrue Oakland A general manager.
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Billy Beane is born.
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Billy Beane makes his official Major League Baseball debut for the New York Mets.
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After Billy Beane being the top recruit out of high school his career ended in 1989. He did not have the potential that everyone thought he did.
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Former player Billy Beane joins the Oakland coaching staff as a scout. He has a lot of knowledge of the game and could help this team out.
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The Athletics hire new manager to increase their chances at playoffs.
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Billy Beane is hired as the manager now for the A's. He still has a great impact on the scouting as well.
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Beane has a great impact on the scouting which all comes back into the draft. The A's traded their first round pick.
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Oakland has a 20 game win streak under Beane's management.
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The Athletics finish the season with 103 wins and only 59 losses.
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Oakland lost to the Minnesota twins in a 5 game series 3 games to 2. Much improvement over the past few years under the new management of Billy Beane.
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Oakland loses key players. Jason Giambi, Johnny Damon, and Jason Isringhausen.