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Now that the season is over it is really going to be up to the individual fan on how they view it.  
 
I view it very positively as a whole.  I am disappointed with how it ended of course and wish the team played at least average for them in this series. 
 
That doesn't mean there aren't things that can't be better about the team going forward.  

So if we aren't living in the past wouldn't we just be talking about Sosh being 0-2 after a 98 win season?
 
good lord people are just dumb.

yes instead of hoping the guy were paying gets it together.. the guys were paying for years and really kinda need.... lets hope he gets hurt... once again horrific fans

They aren't the good guys in anything when it comes to the middle east.  There may be no ISIS without U.S. interference for the last 40+ years. 

Curse you nate.  A pox on your house!

Most importantly he moved there because he loves Taco Johns.

I can see being disappointed in the crowd, but the moment that starts moving into blaming the crowd for the players' performance I'm out.  They sucked.  They don't get to blame anyone but themselves.
 
Bad offense, bad defense, bad managing of the offense.  The guys in the uniforms are the ones to blame and absolutely, positively nobody else.

Jay, do you honestly believe the U.S. are good guys when it comes to the Middle East?
 
How many people have been killed there by american weapons, or weapons sold by the U.S.?
How many people have been killed there by evil despots propped up as U.S. puppets?
How many people have been driven out of their homes, lost their families, or suffered other tragedies due to direct U.S. involvement?
 
I really don't see how we are good guys.

It looks like it is flipping another nebula off.

I pretty much agree with you on principle but lets not make it sound like ISIL is just trying to get along.  They really are bad guys.

Sometimes I think as regular folk, we think that just because someone has an MD attatched to their name they must be smart.  I've seen enough stuff to know that some of them are dumb as rocks and others are so arrogant they stopped being even average doctors.

By Toby Hunt, AngelsWin.com Staff Writer - 


As another September sun sets over the beautiful and luxurious Acorn Projects, we must bid our last farewells to a cherished friend. A Friend we all know and love. A friend with more passion and grit than Darin Erstad’s resume. A friend that fought hard to the very end, but just couldn’t hold on any longer. A friend that faced and overcame adversity, as well as a plumbing system that would make even the most hardened of poop fanatics nervous. A friend that defied all odds and found success despite having nothing of value. I am of course referring to the 2014 Oakland A’s.


                       They died doing what they loved

Yes, today is a day for mourning, but it is not a day for regrets. As a cool wind blows through the autumn trash bags it reminds us all that life is far too short to be spent on regrets. For life goes on as it always has. Beane has given us so much using so little, and we must be grateful to Him. We must all remember that the A’s were strong in life, and while they may have died face down in a gutter, choking on their own bile, beards covered in excrement, there is no shame to be found. No regrets. Your tears are welcomed on this day, but they should not all be in sadness. No, not in sadness but in relief. The 2014 Oakland A’s are in a better place now.


                       "'Is this heaven?' 'No. it's TPC.'"

Now, all of us must deal with loss in life. It is simply part of the human condition. Many tears will be shed this day. Memories will flood your mind like the bathrooms at the Coliseum. Pain will be felt this day, and for many days to come. It is a pain not only of the heart, but of the butt as well. This is natural in a time of great loss and sadness. But my friends, do not despair, for Beane works in mysterious ways. It was simply the A’s time to go. There is no doubt in my mind that the A’s will live on, not only in our minds and in our hearts, but in our butts as well, for that is where it hurts the most. Pain is our way of showing love and remorse in these hard times, and while the pain goes away with time, the memories do not. Each and every one of us will remember the A’s not for how they died, but for how they lived.


                                         Oh.

Family, friends, large green tarpaulin covers, all gathered here today to honor their loved one for one last time. To pay their final respects before their loved one is flushed. I have invited one friend up to the podium today to pay his last respects. “I…..I’m a bit nervuth and filled with emotionth right now. I….I don’t normally thpeak in front of thith many people, but I felt I needed to thay goodbye to my beloved friend. The 2014 Oakland A’th were a very good friend, and I know I will mith them greatly. We’ve been through tho much together. Tho many great yearth and memorieth. I was at a game and Jermaine Dye wath nithe enough to throw me a baithball that he thigned. Thank you Jermaine. Jermaine wath too buthy to make it today, but I know he ith here in thpirit. I jutht wanted to thay…..I love the A’th with all my heart, and thith pain in my butt will latht for quite thome time. But I know Beane will take care of the A’th. I have faith he alwayth knowth what to do. Retht in peath, my friend.”


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As you can see, my friends, loss affects us all. We may come from different hoods, and speak different languages, but our hearts and drums beat the same rhythm. As we say our final farewells to our silenced friend, our love will not be silenced. In the end, Beane has a plan for us all. And while that plan may be absolutely ****ing stupid, we must all have faith that one day He will lead us the way to the promised land. One day…


                                  Just not today.




R.I.P. A’s, R.I.P.

When did Lou start posting like EE Cummings?

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I've never had anything against the A's and I've always liked Billy Beane even if I think he's gets credit for some things that Sandy Alderson was responsible for but the collective fawning of the media and fans alike at the deadline were a bit over the top and it definitely made me root against them in much the same way I do the Dodgers.  So, if I derived any extra joy out of watching them go down the way they did it goes back to their coronation on July 31st.

I don't have anything personally against Beane, just the overall copulation that the rest of baseball gives him.  The funniest part and the most enjoyable part of this collapse is watching all the "experts" who gave the A's a pass all the way to the ALCS try to explain this away. 

When did Lou start posting like EE Cummings?

That would certainly be a myopic point of view.  Lets take a look at how the U.S. has handled themselves in the middle east the last few decades.  Iran, put in a puppet dictator who fleeced the country and was completely corrupt until the country couldn't stand it anymore and tossed him out, now they are a bitter enemy.  Irag, propped up Saddam because he was warring against bitter enemy Iran and let him wreak havok in his own country for decades, killing, maiming, raping and plundering until he dared cross the U.S. by trying to invade Kuwait.  Then we had to deal with him.
Afghanistan, propped up the Taliban and gave them weapons, encouraged their opiate trade as a means to keep funded while fighting the Russians.  Now we are still losing young men and women to that very group.
 
Yeah, those stupid leeches.

If I were the Kurds I certainly wouldn't consider the U.S. friends.

I don't have anything personally against Beane, just the overall copulation that the rest of baseball gives him.  The funniest part and the most enjoyable part of this collapse is watching all the "experts" who gave the A's a pass all the way to the ALCS try to explain this away. 

or neither.  God gives man free will to choose good or evil.  You can tell what these two chose.  

When did Lou start posting like EE Cummings?

I don't have anything personally against Beane, just the overall copulation that the rest of baseball gives him.  The funniest part and the most enjoyable part of this collapse is watching all the "experts" who gave the A's a pass all the way to the ALCS try to explain this away. 

When did Lou start posting like EE Cummings?