Quick Hits....

"They may have to end up going off the shortlist if Billy Beanedecides he doesn't want to do it. I do think that the A's are going to let the Mets talk to Billy Beane, so there is potential there, but to see him uproot things now at age 58, that’s no guarantee either” -- MLB Network's Jon Heyman, on the Mets' search for a team president ( “MLB Central,” MLB Network, 10/4).