What must A's fans be thinking?

[Angelfish]

Not only did they have the best team in baseball (statistically) through the first three months only to watch it implode down the stretch, but they had a four-run lead on the team that is now 8-0 in the postseason with a couple of innings left.

 

Talk about a double whammy gut punch.

[tdawg87]

"Where should we burgle tonight, honey?"

[Broad Street]

Guess who else got spanked by the Royals? Oh yeah. I don't think the A's fans should be as upset as Angels fans.

[Brandon]

The A's fans are just glad they didn't lose to us in the ALDS

[DW711]

I already said what I've been thinking about four times now!

[DW711]

The A's fans are just glad they didn't lose to us in the ALDS

 

Screw that. I would have took a sweep by the Angels if the A's could win just ONE of these win-to-advance games.

 

Just one to prove they can actually do it.

 

Seven straight losses in those.

[joeywings]

At least they held a good lead on the Royals in their playoff game.

And they scored more runs in one game than we did in three and a half games.

[Season Over]

YOU COULD HAVE STOPPED THIS BILLY

[Taylor]

The A's created a monster.

[floplag]

you mean all 37 of them? 

A's have more fanboys in the media than they do Oak

Edited October 16, 2014 by floplag

[bloodbrother]

Guess who else got spanked by the Royals? Oh yeah. I don't think the A's fans should be as upset as Angels fans.

 

I'd hate to still be upset over that Angels postseason showing

 

Swept....literally no standout moment to remember from that series and the team who ended up bouncing them from the playoffs are currently heading to the WS.

[The Ghost of Bob Starr]

They are laughing at Angels fans throwing stones from their glass house of recent playoff ineptitude.

[OregonLAA]

The A's made all those trades to get starting pitching so they could own in the playoffs. Meanwhile the Royals haven't lost a game and their ace has a nickname of "Big Game James" and he's anything but. I want to know what they think about that

[bloodbrother]

They are laughing at Angels fans throwing stones from their glass house of recent playoff ineptitude.

 

To be fair, the entire AL West has been pretty embarrassing in the playoffs for a while now

 

A's blowing 2-0 series leads twice and just losing in 5 games in general in the ALDS, this recent 2nd half collapse + collapse in the WC game

Rangers losing back to back WS, last one obviously in embarrassing fashion as they were 1 strike away twice from winnin it. Blow 5 game division lead with 9 games left, then proceed to lose the play-in wild card game

Mariners 116 win season and get bounced in the ALCS

Astros swept in WS

Angels have 2002, but since then they've largely been forgettable in the postseason. Swept 3 times in the ALDS, lost in 4 in the other, a terrible 2005 ALCS showing where they somehow allowed the Chisox to have 4 straight complete games

[Guest]

If only the Rangers had won that final game of the season. The Mariners could have won two straight and taken care of both the A's and the Royals. 

[JoJo26]

      It's about the same as these other No Cal Chokers

 

[Kenny]

I already said what I've been thinking about four times now!

But that's not what we want you to think.

[TeemuTrout]

To be fair, the entire AL West has been pretty embarrassing in the playoffs for a while now

 

Astros swept in WS

 

That doesn't count!

[Angelfish]

The Angels lost their ace with six weeks remaining and still went on a tear to nab the best record in baseball. Even before that many were questioning whether we were built for postseason success. My main regret about this past postseason was that Scioscia played Hamilton. Once they won starting Vargas against Weaver I figured we were cooked.

 

The A's, though....the last six weeks were a disaster. They managed to get into the playoffs, and the trades were meant to make them better in the postseason, and for a while it looked like it might pay off. Then they blew the WC game, too. It's like that team comes up with new ways to torture its fans every season.

[Lou]

not only do A'th fans have to deal with an epic collapse,  they also have to deal with their bitter rivals working on their 3rd WS title in 5 years 

[DW711]

Yeah, well...

 

[disarcina]

A's final game was a microcosm of their season.

 

Huge lead early, stretch time collapse, terrible finish.

[DW711]

yup

[AngelsFanForever]

Reading what A's fans talk about on their fan forums, the Giants working on their 3rd WS title in 5 years is excruciating pain for them.

[eligrba]

Giants and Cardinals represent organizational philosophies that players buy into because they want to and not because they are paid gobs of money.  There are lessons to learn from each.