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Art Howe Born
Art Howe was the GM of the Athletics before Billy Beane -
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Moneyball Timeline
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Billy Beane born
This is Billy Beane's birthday. He is the main character in the book and the General Manager of the A's. -
Billy Beane Drafted
In the 1980 MLB Draft Billy Beane was drafted 23rd overall by the New York Mets -
Billy Makes The Show
After a few years in the Minor Leagues Billy finnaly made it up to the MLB beginning what would be a short and dissappointing career -
Billy's Last Game
Billy ends his MLB career with the Oakland A's. He was only 31 years old. -
Billy Becomes A Scout
After his brief time as an athletic the team hired him as a scout starting the career that would turn him into a baseball legend. -
Art Howe Becomes GM
When Art becomes the General Manager he and Billy instantly begin to clash. Art valued an old school baseball philosophy which contradicted majorly with Billy's unique view of players. -
Billy Beane Becomes GM
Billy finally becomes the General Manager of the A's laying the framework for his legendary 2002 season -
Stars Lost
Athlletics lose three of their star players to other teams; Jason Giambi, Johnny Damon, and Jason Irsinghausen -
Opening Day
The season when Moneyball takes place has its start -
2002 Draft Starts
This was the beginning of the draft where the A's shocked the baseball world with their unorthodox choices -
Win Streak Begins
In the A's win against the the Blue Jays they began a 20 game win streak that would rocket them into playoffs -
The Streak Ends
The A's won an impressive 20 games in a row but couldn't extend it to 21 with their loss to the Minnesota Twins -
Playoff Run Ends
The A's get knocked out of playoffs losing the series to the Minnesota Twins
