Also- what event can you attribute in your life to your love of baseball?
I can’t say that it was just 1 event. It was many A’s games. Watching the playoffs, going to the All Star Games! Being @ the old Yankees stadium right before it closed. Hot dogs, beer, pretzels and cotton candy! All of those things converted me to a baseball junkie =)
Who is your all time favorite baseball player and why?
Babe Ruth! Because he was the BEST of all time… & there were no performance enhancement drugs back then either!
Costas interviewing McGuire on MLB network @ 4pm pst. With this admission, should he still be allowed to be a hitting instructor in MLB? Your thoughts?
Its hard to fault McGuire for partaking in something when a majority of players were doing it. In my opinion he was the BEST of that era. With that said I don’t think that his position should change.
Selig's committee lacks diversity -
MLB definitely needs to diversify or they’re days are numbered. African American youth & women are always forgotten!
I was really lucky to meet the Money Ball man himself at the A’s premium seat holder’s party, which was held at the bar behind the home plate at the A’s stadium. Not anticipating the horrible traffic, we almost didn’t make it there in time! When we finally got there, Billy Beane (A’s GM), A’s coach Bob Geren and Mike Crowley (A’s President) were taking questions from the audience about the team and baseball in general. Afterwards, I got enough courage to go up to Billy introduce myself and had a friendly conversation.
Billy Beane on fashion – the weather has been really gloomy and cold in the Bay Area so I decided to wear my Burberry scarf. Billy asked me, “Is that a Burberry?” I said that it certainly is and he told me a story about his Burberry scarf and that he bought it in England a while ago and felt like he was the only male wearing a Burberry scarf until he saw a TV anchorman wearing one. I thought that it was ironic that Billy would notice a designer item!
Billy Beane on Dogs – During our conversations pets came up and it turns out that Billy is a dog lover and is a proud owner of a boarder-collie and a yorkie. I told him that I have 3 Chihuahuas and he replied that he used to have one also a while back. We both agreed that yorkies are much higher maintenance than Chihuahuas but are better with children. Once again, I would never have thought that a tall man like Billy Bean would be interested in small dogs!
Billy Beane on Money Ball & Brad Pitt – I asked Billy if he was happy that the “Money Ball” movie got picked up by another production company. He said that it’s great that the movie is going to be made after all. I then asked him how he felt about someone like Brat Pitt to be playing his character. Billy laughing a little said that it would be much more exciting if he was 25 and single! He also said that Brad Pitt came over to visit his Danville home. Telling me that both his nanny who is a very casual dresser and wife got all made up when he came over. He thought it was very funny that his wife got up at 6am to get ready for Brad’s visit. I then asked if Angelina came with Brad and he said that unfortunately she didn’t. I bet if Angelina came over Billy would have been up at 6am getting ready! Lol
Billy Beane’s restaurant recommendations – I asked Billy if he can suggest a couple of his favorite restaurants in the East Bay and he said that he loves:
Burma Super Star in Alameda, he said that the one in San Francisco is impossible to get into and the Alameda location is just as great and is more accessible.
He also recommended that I try Oliveto Restaurant in Oakland, great local food.
Billy has a teenage daughter who is 19 and a 2 year old baby with his ‘new’ wife, he loves the Bay Area and it looks like the A’s are here to stay!
After our conversation I handed him my Baseball Beauties business card and it got quite a reaction! “I better hide this one from my wife or she’ll think that I’m pulling a Tiger Woods!” Billy said laughing. (he is quite a character, VERY animated, friendly, smiling every chance he gets) “You can give it to your wife, the website is for women” I said in response. Billy was so taken back by my card that he shared it with the GM and Bob Geren and Mike Crowley, and they all giggled about it referring back to Tiger Woods and his many women.
Thank you Billy Beane for taking your time and chatting with me! Till next time =)
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