Is it possible that because of issues with his own name, Billy Beane has an unnatural obsession with names that start with B? Could it be an undetected, severe psychological disorder? Would it explain why he has one player named Billy Butler and another one named Billy Burns?
Why he’s been wanting all these years to pry Ben Zobrist from the Rays?
Most disturbingly, why he thought trading Josh Donaldson for Brett Lawrie was a great idea?