Welcome back Ken Macha. Not that you ever left.

[McKain]

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2191370

I find this a silly move by Beane, even if he was only gone due to inability to construct a deal.

[DirtyKash]

So...it's basically a non-story? Billy Beane's just trying to get some attention, eh? "Hey, look at me everyone!"

[A's Baby Girl]

This is so so stupid....

If I were one of our coaches that had been interviewed, I would feel sooo snubbed right now.

[McKain]

and rightfully so.

Macha wasn't even a good manager in the first place so I don't see why they even thought of bringing him back period.

[A's Baby Girl]

I don't even understand why contract talks ended so abruptly in the first place if it seems now it was so easy to close the financial differences between the team and what Macha wanted.

This looks so much like something being done for attention.

[A'sDiehard]

Great.

Just when I was considering season tix Billy Beane has pissed all over that thought once again.

Macha sucks.

[Providence A's]

surprising to say the least

[Saber]

Ron Washington must be fairly annoyed now.

Anyway, Beane, Epstein, Ricciardi, and DePodesta managers are pretty much there to enforce the GM line. They're gone when they think they're important.