Never mind Michael Lewis, if Billy Beane and Larry Bowa hook up, Neil Simon will be the one to chronicle the marriage. From the San Francisco Chronicle’s Susan Slusser.
There are now five names on the A’s list to interview for their manager’s job.
Larry Bowa and Jamie Quirk are also targets, according to a major-league source. They join a group that includes Oakland bench coach Bob Geren and third-base coach Ron Washington, and Rangers pitching coach Orel Hershiser.
“People always ask me, ‘Are there any teams that intrigue you?’ and I’ve told them all year, ‘The Oakland A’s intrigue me,’ ” said Bowa (above), who has not been contacted by Beane, but has heard numerous rumors that the A’s are interested in him. “If that’s the case (that he interviews), let’s face it, that’s a pretty good baseball team with great pitching.”
Bowa is famously feisty, while Beane is known for having a temper, which could make for a potentially volatile combination.
“Billy and I would have no problem at all,” Bowa said with a laugh. “I’ve known Billy for years and years, we’re friends. Is he intense? Yeah. Does he want to win? Yeah. What’s wrong with that? It would be great working together. Billy is honest — sometimes people just don’t want to hear honesty, but to me, that’s the most important thing.”
Oh god, no, please keep Bowa as far away from Oakland as possible.
Ms Slusser is the 2nd Bay Area writer to mention this as the SF Chroncles Ray Ratto made mention of this and said that Beane is a big Bowa fan. This makes no sense to me and the only thing that comes to mind was when I was a grade-school kid, my folks used to threaten to send me to Catholic school if I didnt keep my grades up, and that Beane is using this scare tactic on his squad.
macha just signed a three-year extension.
bowa is a dolt to be sure but one writer from a few years ago, baldy mcsquid if memory serves me correctly, said he one day hoped to find bowa’s body parts in several philly-area dumnpsters. now THAT’S hatred my friends……