OAKLAND, CA – DECEMBER 18: Oakland Athletics vice president and general manager Billy Beane and Hiroyuki Nakajima of Japan joke with each other at a press conference where Beane introduced Nakajima to the Oakland Athletics at the O.co Coliseum on December 18, 2012 in Oakland, California. Nakajima signed a two-year contract through 2014 with a club option for 2015. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
