Oakland Athletics' Executive VP of Baseball Operations Billy Beane, center, gestures beside General Manager David Forst, left, and Manager Bob Melvin during a media conference Friday, Oct. 5, 2018, in San Francisco. After a 97-65 regular season, Oakland lost the wild-card game 7-2 to New York on Wednesday night at Yankee Stadium. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)
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... more Photo: Ben Margot / Associated PressAfter one of the A’s most interesting and surprisingly successful seasons, the team’s baseball leadership - vice president of baseball operations Billy Beane, general manager David Forst and manager Bob Melvin - will receive multi-year contract extensions Monday, The Chronicle has learned.