Billy Beane rips into Dayton Moore and the Royals

[Lex Luthor]

And he wasn't exactly subtle about it.

Jon Lester and the Oakland A’s put an end to the Kansas City Royals’ eight-game winning streak in emphatic fashion with an 11-3 win at Kauffman Stadium. “Have I ever told you guys how much I hate the plot of that movie Major League?” asked Oakland A’s general manager Billy Beane after the game. When told no, Beane explained, “You’d think I’d like it right? On it’s surface, it’s a movie about a small-payroll team winning it all by finding undervalued assets. But you have to dig deeper. It’s really a story about a bunch of garbage talent that just decides to play well. The bumbling buffoon of a GM finds lackluster talent, and then an old man with a mustache tricks everyone into playing well. These fictional Indians have no systematic process for winning; they just ride a lucky hot streak all the way into the World Series. I’ve never mentioned any of this before? I think about it a lot.” When told no again, Beane said, “Weird. Well, I only bring it up to contextualize just how happy tonight’s game made me. So, so very happy.”

http://grantland.com/the-triangle/ab...royal-beating/

Also totally unfair. Ned doesn't have a mustache.

This almost sounds like a parody article you'd read in the Onion.