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The biggest superstition or ritual for each MLB team

By Brad Weiss

NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 9: CC Sabathia #52 of the New York Yankees delivers the first pitch in the first inning during Game 4 of the ALDS against the Boston Red Sox at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday, October 9, 2018, in the Bronx borough of New York City. (Photo by Alex Trautwig/MLB Photos via Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 9: CC Sabathia #52 of the New York Yankees delivers the first pitch in the first inning during Game 4 of the ALDS against the Boston Red Sox at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday, October 9, 2018, in the Bronx borough of New York City. (Photo by Alex Trautwig/MLB Photos via Getty Images) /
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OAKLAND, CA – MARCH 30: Oakland Athletics Executive Vice President of Baseball Operations Billy Bean looks on before the game between the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and the Oakland Athletics at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum on March 30, 2019 in Oakland, California. (Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images)
OAKLAND, CA – MARCH 30: Oakland Athletics Executive Vice President of Baseball Operations Billy Bean looks on before the game between the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and the Oakland Athletics at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum on March 30, 2019 in Oakland, California. (Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images) /

Oakland Athletics: Billy Beane cannot watch the games

The Oakland Athletics are another MLB franchise with rich history, as they have won their fair share of World Series. The Athletics have won nine rings during in their history with their last one coming in 1989, when the Bash Brothers, Mark McGwire and Jose Canseco, ruled Major League Baseball.

The following year, Billy Beane joined the organization as a scout, before working his way up to general manager in 1997. Since then, he has been at the controls of the organization, bringing winning baseball back to Oakland without having to really open the checkbook in the process. Beane did so well, that the Boston Red Sox offered him $12.5 million in 2002 to be their general manager, but he decided to stay with the Athletics.

One of Beane’s biggest superstitions is to not watch the game from the field, something that was on display during the movie Moneyball, based on the book of the same name, which detailed his roster-building ways. He has done a lot with very little, leading the team to some of the more surprising seasons in Major League Baseball history, as he has become one of the more famous baseball executives of all-time. But Beane has watched those winning seasons unfold from a safe distance, just in case.

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