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A’s keep brain trust together, extend Billy Beane, David Forst, Bob Melvin

A’s manager Bob Melvin (left), executive vice president of baseball operations Billy Beane and general manager David Forst at a press conference announcing their contract extensions.

A’s manager Bob Melvin (left), executive vice president of baseball operations Billy Beane and general manager David Forst at a press conference announcing their contract extensions.

Photo: Janie McCauley / Associated Press

A day after the Red Sox won the World Series, A’s executive vice president Billy Beane called them the best team since the 1998 Yankees.

“It’s a pretty unique team,” Beane said Monday. “They hit home runs, they make contact, they wear pitchers out.