Oakland will not make the playoffs

[Tyler]

**** the A's. Happy Kazmir came back down to Earth post allstar break.

[ukyah]

None. After game 162, they schedule tee time.

 

 

the only thing keeping me from putting some action on that is my steadfast rule of not betting against my interests. i want the A's to lose.

[ABC]

[Lou]

I'm afraid all we have done is awakened a sleeping giant - Yamamoto

Let sleeping dogs lie - anonymous

Hi Carl. How's it going buddy? - Scott

We went from 3 1/2 back to 5 games up in 18 days. Oakland has a great team and they could do the same. When the math says Oaklands done then I can relax. Not before.

 

Oakland isn't a great team

[ABC]

The next three with Seattle will show the direction the A'ths take for the rest of the season. The M's are currently the third WC team in the standings, 4.5 in back of the A's.

 

Now 3.5

[SoCALkid]

Not making the playoffs. That's a bold strategy, let's see if it pays off!

[ABC]

Now 3.5

 

Now 3 GB

[CAAngelsLifer]

I'm glad Seattle had that bad month because otherwise we'd be competing hard with them right now and they make me nervous. very nervous. still- we have a lot of games to play against them. 

[Angel Oracle]

Seattle's current big 3 is beyond filthy (Feliz, Iwakuma, Paxton), plus Young is a decent/solid #4.

Their hitting has also picked up.

[Inside Pitch]

Oakland isn't a great team

 

I don't think it's that so much as I think they aren't used to being the team with the target on it's back.  

 

They have been lucky to always be that team that was supposedly "overachieving", there was never any shame in losing.... blah blah blah, no money meant no pressure, they would get praised no matter what.   When they made those big ticket trades for what most people considered "Aces" they suddenly went from spunky underdog chasing down the big guys to the team others were hunting after.  Being expected to win it all or be considered a failure isn't easy, the A's are in that position for the first time in a long, long time, possibly the Bash Brothers era and they seem to be pressing.

 

Seattle is playing really loose, the A's meanwhile are looking up at the Angels while at the same time looking over their shoulders at Seattle.  Were it not for that four game sweep the Angels might have been the ones with their heads on a swivel.

I won't write them off because I do think they are a very good team but I'm glad the Angels aren't in their shoes -- especially with the offense MIA since the ASB.

[Lou]

I think it's the fact that they are not a great team

[ABC]

Now 3 GB

 

2 GB

 

Lucky for A's, DET lost.

[fan_since79]

Seattle's current big 3 is beyond filthy (Feliz, Iwakuma, Paxton), plus Young is a decent/solid #4.

Their hitting has also picked up.

 

The Mariners have a chance to put up a sub-3.00 ERA this year (currently it's 3.05). They could be the first AL team to do that since the 1974 A's, which featured Catfish Hunter, Vida Blue, and Rollie Fingers. Ken Holtzman also won 19 games that year.

[Angel Oracle]

The M's odds of making the post-season could soon leap frog the A'ths.

The 2nd WC spot seems to be coming down to which team doesn't want it less, as both the A'ths and Tigers seem to not want post-season play the way they've played for the past month plus.

It's ironic, since those two teams added the top available starting pitchers in Lester and Price.

A'ths are just 5-5 against Houston since starting off 6-1 against them.

Their 4 game series in Chicago next week may well foretell their chances of playing in October.

Edited September 6, 2014 by Angel Oracle

[fan_since79]

A's also have to face the Phillies, who are 10-4 since August 18th and have beaten the Nationals four straight times.

 

They're playing much better baseball lately.

Edited September 6, 2014 by fan_since79

[sneaky_flute]

This sounds like a tinfoil hat conspiracy, but I wonder if the A's are trying to spite Beane. Donaldson ****ing strolled to first base during that bases loaded double play. 

[Inside Pitch]

This sounds like a tinfoil hat conspiracy, but I wonder if the A's are trying to spite Beane. Donaldson ****ing strolled to first base during that bases loaded double play. 

If they were, it would be well within his right to trade them all away.  It's not like he sat on his hands and did nothing like the GM in Toronto.   A's painted themselves into a corner.  They have 9 pending FA's this year another 5 the year after that.   Getting Griffin and Parker back will help a lot, but they may end up having to move them (and Shark), like they did Cahill an Anderson just to fill the holes they have everywhere else.

[ABC]

2 GB

 

Lucky for A's, DET lost.

 

SEA 1 GB

DET 1.5 GB

[Torridd]

Yes or No.

 

I say no.

[laagamer]

http://www.angelswin-forum.com/forums/topic/16045-oakland-will-not-make-the-playoffs/

[19HALO71]

No.

 

At least I hope not!

[Blarg]

Bumped

[QuinlansMinion]

That depends do you consider the wild card game playoffs. If not, then no.

[fan_since79]

No Red Sox

No Yankees

No Tigers

No A's

 

Bring on the Royals, Mariners, and Orioles.

 

All three of those teams are not pushovers. Not by any means.

 

The playoffs are going to be intensely competitive and exciting. I can't wait!

[stormngt]

That depends do you consider the wild card game playoffs. If not, then no.

I think you need to really look at your definition of a playoff.  

 

Yes the wild card game is a playoff game.  It is not scheduled on the regular season roster.  It is not a tie breaker.  It is a playoff.  

 

That being said I don't think they make it even as a WC.  They only have a 1.5 game lead in the WC and they are tanking bad.  They have lost 9 of 11.  Yes four were against the Angels but the other five were against Houston and White Sox.  Playing bad is an understatement.