Radio host Chris “Mad Dog” Russo had a notable blunder on-air Wednesday when he mistakenly thought Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane died rather than Billy Bean, MLB’s senior vice president for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.
Bean, who also served as special assistant to commissioner Rob Manfred, was battling acute myeloid leukemia since last year and unfortunately lost the battle, as MLB announced his death at 60 years old.
However, when Russo got news of it on his “Mad Dog Unleashed” show, he immediately thought it was the other Beane.
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“The word that we’re getting right now is that the general manager of the A’s, Billy Beane may have passed away,” Russo said, per Awful Announcing. “Wow. Was he ill? I wasn’t aware of this. I mean, he’s not that old. Geez. Was it sudden? We’ll see if we can get some information. Wow. That is a terrible story. Billy Beane …