A's staging nice comeback.

[YASNY]

Well, that's what .... 9 possible clinching games in row lost by the A's. Forever to be known as the Choke-land A's. If only they'd learn how to run the bases.

[Spiff]

Well, that's what .... 9 possible clinching games in row lost by the A's.  Forever to be known as the Choke-land A's.  If only they'd learn how to run the bases.

The A's squandered their ninth straight chance to clinch a postseason series since 2000 by allowing the Sox to become only the fourth team to dig themselves out of a 2-0 deficit since the Division Series was inaugurated in 1995. While a number of A's players bristled at Lowe for his celebratory gestures after the final out -- Scott Hatteberg called it "classless" and "a complete lack of respect" -- Oakland general manager Billy Beane attributed the outcome in part to the disparity of the team's payrolls.

 

"If you want to give me $50 million more, I'll promise you we won't blow the 2-0 lead," he said. "Our guys battled their rear ends off. If you guys want to make an issue of it, so be it."

 

A super-genius like him should be able to win with $50 million less, at least ONE GAME out of three. Beane is such a little b****.

[DBAHO]

The A's squandered their ninth straight chance to clinch a postseason series since 2000 by allowing the Sox to become only the fourth team to dig themselves out of a 2-0 deficit since the Division Series was inaugurated in 1995. While a number of A's players bristled at Lowe for his celebratory gestures after the final out -- Scott Hatteberg called it "classless" and "a complete lack of respect" -- Oakland general manager Billy Beane attributed the outcome in part to the disparity of the team's payrolls.

 

"If you want to give me $50 million more, I'll promise you we won't blow the 2-0 lead," he said. "Our guys battled their rear ends off. If you guys want to make an issue of it, so be it."

 

A super-genius like him should be able to win with $50 million less, at least ONE GAME out of three. Beane is such a little b****.

Betcha he'll be throwing that chair in Seattle next year. I think he's just about had enough by da look of things their, though I don't agree with some of the moves he's made like resigning Hatteberg when u already got Durazo.