Remember that scene in Moneyball where Billy Bean is addressing all those old scouts at the table?

They're trying to figure out how to replace, to truly replace, to singularly replace Jason Giambi.

And as Bean looks over to Peter Brand, he asks what it is that the A's are actually looking

for as opposed to one person.

He says, we need runs.

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You know the Pirates who this past season scored 583 runs.

That's fewer than anybody else. They hit 117 home runs. That's fewer than anybody else.

They hit 117 home runs.

31 fewer than everybody else.

They had a 655 OPS on base plus slugging percentage, lower than anybody else.

And as I continue to try to come up with ways where the offense can become markedly upgraded while at the same time trying to be realistic about it, and that's not just about

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