No Big Whoomp! (There It Is)

Although we knew it wasn't likely, we had hoped that last night's game would have some of the magic of Monday.  It didn't really.  There were 12,028 people there.  Braden pitched pretty well.  The offense didn't really do too much.  Joe Nathan mowed down the A's in the 10th.  And some dope brought a professionally printed sign that said, "Cuddyer was Safe."  Despite this, we had a really nice time.  We got to sit in Row 21 which is our favorite.  There was a cute dance off on Diamond Vision between a kid in section 122 and a guy way out in the bleachers.  Daric Barton looked really good.  And the fans around us were A's-ey and positive especially when we almost got decapitated by a Ryan Sweeney foul ball during the last at bat.  As we walked to BART we realized that it may have been the last game we will see in person where Matt Holliday is an A.  We don't feel great about that, but we just aren't as sad as we would have thought we would be.  This ambivalence is probably how the rest of this season is going to feel -- we want the A's to win and try hard, but really, we are just going to do what we can to enjoy whatever happens.  

Go A's!