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World Series Champions Reap The Benefits Of Billy Beane’s Wheeling And Dealing

By Jason Leary

Nov 2, 2016; Chicago, IL, USA; Chicago Cubs fans celebrate after game seven of the 2016 World Series against the Cleveland Indians outside of Wrigley Field. Cubs won 8-7. Mandatory Credit: Patrick Gorski-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 2, 2016; Chicago, IL, USA; Chicago Cubs fans celebrate after game seven of the 2016 World Series against the Cleveland Indians outside of Wrigley Field. Cubs won 8-7. Mandatory Credit: Patrick Gorski-USA TODAY Sports /
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Billy Beane got off to a fast start sending players on their way to greener pastures. In one of his first moves as A's general manager he sent Scott Brosius to the Yankees helping the Bronx Bombers go on the three-year championship run.
Billy Beane got off to a fast start sending players on their way to greener pastures. In one of his first moves as A’s general manager he sent Scott Brosius to the Yankees helping the Bronx Bombers go on the three-year championship run. /

1998, 1999 and 2000: New York Yankees

In one of Beane’s early moves at the helm of the A’s franchise, he traded third baseman Scott Brosius to the Yankees for pitcher Kenny Rogers. Brosius’ stellar defense and clutch hitting in the World Series lent a big hand to the Yankees’ amazing 3-year championship run. Eventually, Beane acquired one member of these Yankees title teams: David Justice, who ended his career in green and gold with the 2002 AL West champion A’s.

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