Beane, Athletics’ general manager is extremely delighted about series victory, as he has made to ALCS for the first time. Beane’s job place has never been safer. Not only did his A’s sweep the Twins — becoming only the third team in history to never trail in a postseason series — Oakland won 8-3 on Friday to win a settled game for the first time since 1990 after nine successive losses. Billy Beane and the survivals waited from the last four playoff losses for last night’s cold duck party, and when it finally came, there was a sense of contentment, happiness and bliss. After all the past pain and misery, a Oakland Athletics marked memorable day, a baseball launching of the first order.