Good Riddance Oakland

[WilltheThrill]

This thread reeks of butthurt. I'm all for yelling fuck the A's but to try and take anything away from them when they played their asses off and we played like shit is pretty lame.

Read again. I never said we deserved anything. We didn't. We deserved exactly what we got. The A's did want it more. But playing your ass off involves hustling, making great fielding plays, legging out doubles, and coming through with clutch hits. Yeah, they did do some of that. But no amount of "playing your ass off" can turn .200-hitting singles hitters into power machines who are just suddenly able to lead all of baseball in HR's.

I guess if the Houston Astros place 8 hitters in the top 10 in HR's next season we should all just tip our caps to them because of their dedication to suddenly being able to drive pitches 100 feet farther at a much, much higher rate than ever before.

And while we're at it, let's fully expect the Kansas City Royals to lead baseball in team ERA. Because after all, it is a very common occurrence for journeyman utility players, fringe prospects, and a few downright awful players to suddenly perform among the best in baseball. Not eyebrow-raising at all.

 

[WilltheThrill]

I'll say it one last time.

Coco Crisp. Seth Smith. Jonny Gomes. Brandon Moss. Chris Carter. Josh Donaldson. Derek Norris. Stephen Drew. George Kottaras. Josh Reddick. Cliff Pennington. Yoenis Cespedes (legit).


That is the group of players who from June through September led all of MLB in Home Runs. In Oakland's pitcher haven stadium.

To those who actually follow the game, know the home run friendliness of stadiums, and know the true value and talent level of players, that speaks for itself.

But any of you are free to naysay all you'd like.

 

[WilltheThrill]

And you live in China, what is your point?

Umm, he was just being friendly. That was his point. Or is that just more of your extremely witty sarcasm disguised as being clueless about what others are saying to you?

FYI- Kenny is our board moderator. Don't worry though. We can remind you of that again later, as you will undoubtedly choose to forget that it had already been previously typed.