Billy Beane
On why he had to make the trades he's made:
"As a general manager, you have to have a better line for your owner than just, 'give me more money,' " Beane said. "I'm obligated to give (Steve Schott) business advice as well as baseball advice, and it would be one-sided and self-serving of me if all I did was ask for more money."


this is why I love Billy Beane.