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While it has distinguished itself over the past few years as one of the best-run organizations in baseball, Oakland also has acquired a reputation for being the most laid-back. The 38-year old Beane and his staff are renowned for being as jovial and easygoing as the young, boisterous squad they have put together...
...Oakland's ability to build an exciting team without the financial resources available to most contenders has earned the A's Baseball America's Organization of the Year award for the past two seasons...
Forst began work as Baseball Operations Assistant in January. In this capacity, he performs many of the researching duties that DePodesta had in Cleveland. He also manages a large portion of Oakland's independent statistics base, primarily using a computerized method known as BATS...
With that unified effort comes a unified approach to building a team. Oakland's hitters share more than just a tendency to be burly, fun-loving, truck driver types. Even those players who hit for a low average tend to draw a large number of walks. DePodesta maintains that the A's abundance of players who know how to get to first is no coincidence...
Eventually, the financial issues could catch up with the A's. Free agency will give some of Oakland's young stars to either press the A's for cash or look for more lucrative deals elsewhere. DePodesta recognizes that hanging on to the youngsters will be a challenge...