Billy Beane is smart

The A's added Mike Piazza, today. He'll take over the DH role for departed Frank Thomas. I'll take that. Piazza as a DH? Heck yeah. Is he washed up? Well, remember this time, a year ago, when Big Hurt was "washed up?" I'm thinking Beane knows something that others don't. Yet again. And check the modest price tag on Piazza: 1 yr, $8.5 million. That's a savings of roughly $20 million compared to what Frank Thomas signed for when he bolted for Toronto. Springing for lefty reliever Alan Embree likely puts an end to all the rumors about Barry Bonds coming to Oakland. I mean, isn't $15 million the spending limit for the off-season?