So it must be the way you lose??
Closed door meetings. Rumors of moves bantered about.
The M's get swept in Oakland and suddenly there is a sense of urgency? I guess there really must be something to Hargrove's claim you have to wait 40 games into the season before you can evaluate the team.
Certainly if you look at the standings, the M's are no better then what we've seen the past few years. (Second worst record in the AL behind only KC. Terrible offensive stats in just about every category.)
And yesterday was the same old offense we've seen plenty of... even with Ichiro getting on base, the team can't do anything with it.
But a sweep is hardly surprising. The A's have historically owned the M's down in Oakland, and the A's are a good team. Plenty of baseball people picked the A's to win the AL West, and a few picked them to represent the AL in the World Series.
If you believe this team is really poorly put together, you would have arrived at that conclusion weeks ago. Nothing you saw in the past 3 games should suddenly change your mind about this team.
The A's are simply better than the M's.
Did we learn something earth shattering this week that would lead to Hargrove getting fired? Did we see something on the field this week that suddenly forces major moves on the team that wouldn't have happened if we won a game or two?
We'll see, but I am highly skeptical anything we would classify as a major move is planned, and also expect this team to win a few games this weekend.
Closed door meetings. Rumors of moves bantered about.
The M's get swept in Oakland and suddenly there is a sense of urgency? I guess there really must be something to Hargrove's claim you have to wait 40 games into the season before you can evaluate the team.
Certainly if you look at the standings, the M's are no better then what we've seen the past few years. (Second worst record in the AL behind only KC. Terrible offensive stats in just about every category.)
And yesterday was the same old offense we've seen plenty of... even with Ichiro getting on base, the team can't do anything with it.
But a sweep is hardly surprising. The A's have historically owned the M's down in Oakland, and the A's are a good team. Plenty of baseball people picked the A's to win the AL West, and a few picked them to represent the AL in the World Series.
If you believe this team is really poorly put together, you would have arrived at that conclusion weeks ago. Nothing you saw in the past 3 games should suddenly change your mind about this team.
The A's are simply better than the M's.
Did we learn something earth shattering this week that would lead to Hargrove getting fired? Did we see something on the field this week that suddenly forces major moves on the team that wouldn't have happened if we won a game or two?
We'll see, but I am highly skeptical anything we would classify as a major move is planned, and also expect this team to win a few games this weekend.
posted by Tom at
9:41 AM
