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Well, it is finally here. Even though there is nothing on the line, it would be really fun for the A's to beat the Angels this weekend. It would end this confusing and disheartening season on a real upswing. So we aren't above begging the A's to give it all they can. Please.
Let's go Oakland!
Dear A's Organization,
So here we are. The A's have been officially eliminated from the playoffs and the best we can hope for is an above .500 finish. It's been a tough season. So tough that we haven't even felt like posting to our own blog. And we used to LOVE posting on this blog. But we have looked deep into our hearts. And we can tell you that the problem for us is not the losing. We are not fair-weather fans, we haven't stopped watching, and reading obsessively about the A's. And we certainly still love the A's as much as ever. The problem isn't being out of the pennant race by double digits in June. It isn't even that it felt like the A's never really had a chance. The problem is that every time we look at our beloved refrigerator magnets, we see Milton Bradley who was traded way back when the A's still had a chance with a lot of talk about being injury prone, while the guys who epitomize injury proneness like Rich Harden, Eric Chavez and Bobby Crosy are still around and not helping the team at all. The problem is Adam Melhuse, not the guy but your approach to the guy. We love ourselves some Melhuse, but really, to trade him away and then get him back just seems haphazard and makes you look dumb. The problem is that Mike Piazza, for all of his graciousness and professionalism, has about 1% of the sparkle and pizazz of Frank Thomas. The problem is that, over the course of the season, it got really frigging old hearing Bob Geren keep saying everything was good when it was actually bad. The problem is that Stomper is not the same guy and Stomper's friend is not the same guy and the new Stomper and friend do standard dopey mascot antics instead of awesome Oaklandy dancing. The problem is that you have an incredibly irritating policy that won't let season ticket holders trade tickets in for fireworks games even though the A's have been mathematically eliminated and there is certain to be loads of empty seats and/or seats occupied by Angels fans that could have been occupied by us if you'd cooperated and let us trade in our tickets. The problem is that, and we really hate to say this, but it seems like even Nick Swisher isn't having that much fun -- although charging the mound was a season highlight. When you really get down to it, dear A's Organization, the reason we have not felt like posting on our blog is that somehow you've taken all the fun out of it. We understand that we've been lucky to enjoy all the recent years of winning streaks and pennant races and playoff baseball. We get that the A's are not the Yankees and that's a huge reason we love the A's. But we also really think that you have a responsibility to your fans to keep things fun. And we just want you to know, dear A's Organization, that we feel that you've let us down in that department lately.
Your friends,
Oakland A's Days
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