moneyball

New York Mets vice president of player development and scouting Paul DePodesta is leaving the Mets. He has now take a prominent front-office role with the NFL’s Cleveland Browns as chief strategy officer. DePodesta played football in college and wanted to be a football coach...

The Yanks enter a home series with Oakland having won four of the last five series, including recently Houston, where the pinstripes were crushed in game one but took the next two.  Moneyball-run Oakland, meanwhile, took two of three from the Angels.  These two teams will play three in the Bronx.  Here is a series preview.