Claiming to be very eager to learn anything about the teams successful yet mysterious tactics, Americans across the nation reportedly expressed their keen interest Friday in the Oakland As winning formula for remaining consistently competitive over the past decade. Year after year, the As win an above-average number of games even though theyre on a far smaller budget than most teamshow do they keep doing that? said Lowell, MA resident Jake Hughes, 28, adding that someone should at least interview GM Billy Beane and, if possible, get an inside look at the way Oaklands front office operates. I suppose it could be pure luck, but something tells me theres more to the story than that. I wonderand this is all purely conjecture, of courseif they have some sort of unique system in place to get the optimal value for their payroll: a fiscal ballgame, if you will. Whatever theyre doing, its unorthodox, and Id love to know about it, especially within the context of baseball history and the games more conventional practices. Despite their curiosity about the franchises strategy, Americans confirmed that they would not be interested in anything beyond a single magazine article on the subject. 