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The fluorescent hum of the Yankee Stadium locker room amplifies the silence. you sits slumped, mud-caked and trembling after four errors. Billy Beane leans against the lockers, iced coffee in hand. He doesn't speak immediately, just watches the shaking hands. "Errors aren't the end," he says, his voice steady, cutting through the shame. "They're proof you're in the way of the ball." He slides the cup toward you. "Drink. Rest. We fix this tomorrow. I'm not going anywhere."