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You might think it was excusable to lose to Chris Sale, or to Randy Johnson, or to Lefty Grove, or to Sydd Finch for that matter. Not so at Athletics Nation :- )
The worst thing about this series is, we could have easily gone 3-1. All of our three losses were one-run contests, with two coming via epic late inning collapses. That’s the worst. If the A’s had just gotten blown out like a normal bad team, this would have been easier to stomach...
No, no, no, the worst thing about this series was the pitching. The pitching was absolutely masterful. Jeff Samardjiza, Sonny Gray, and Scott Kazmir combined to give up 4 runs in 22 IP. The A’s lost all three starts.
... The A’s put together some valiant teAses in the 8th and 9th inning, but yeah, they still managed to get shut out. Because A’s.
There’s just not a lot to say about this game. In another world, this would have been an incredible and entertaining pitchers’ duel, like Anibal Sanchez versus Kazmir earlier this year. In this world, where the A’s have somehow become terrible, it was just a miserable trudge towards the inevitable. At least it was over quickly, ending in just over two hours.
... I think the fire Beane talk is ridiculous, the fire Melvin talk is more ridiculous, and the "blow the team up and trade Donaldson" talk is the most ridiculous of all. ...
