Billy Beane, Oakland Athletics general manager, relishes the challenge that his team faces in the effort to field a competitive '25' each campaign. An owner that rarely involves himself in interfacing or distributing a liberal budget certainly adds to that challenge.

Adding Coco Crisp and Kevin "Jacuzzi" Kouzmanoff to a starting eight certainly bolster a lineup that has b...

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