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Randy Ralph's avatar

"God I love baseball." - Roy Hobbs

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Bill Weisgerber's avatar

Great window into the dark shadows of front office decisions, Mark!

Reality-checks, notwithstanding…it does remain an exasperatingly tough pill to swallow when—with 50-ish games to play—contenders are making trades like it’s a commodities market, and your team’s front office tells you, “Meh, we’re out.”

It feels like a cross between “It’s too expensive to tilt at windmills;” and, “Sorry folks, we’ll try again next year.” (“But, we promise to keep the bobblehead thing goin’ so you’ll buy some tix”)….

Still, a fan can temporarily glom onto a contender for a rooting interest into the playoffs, as their team “Bull Durham-Lallygags” their way to the bottom, on September 28…🫤

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Pato's avatar

This just in… The A’s trade their killer closer to the Padres for their number three prospect, a shortstop. The A’s already have an All-Star shortstop‼️ 😡

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Bill Weisgerber's avatar

…🤦🏻‍♂️‼️

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Bill Weisgerber's avatar

PS—“…and, anybody but Peña at 1st.”

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