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ya, except he isn't terrible - nor is he one of Scioscia's toys, otherwise I completely agree.

He has a .1 WAR. This is a replacement level player. He's awful and I can't believe he got a two year deal

Fair enough. Agree to disagree with both of you. Have a good evening everyone.

Cheers

Doc, that's horse shit. The goal is to build up the pitching depth and talent in the minor leagues so that when we have injuries we can still be competitive. With Weaver and Wilson declining we need potential front of the line starters in our system. That's why we should trade some of our players...not like we're winning anything this year or anytime soon lmfao. Some of you need to pay attention to my posts a little better. I think you're getting confused

Lifetime, I have no clue what you're saying. Are you really trying to tell us the pitching on this team is good? We have no depth, and no young arms coming up. That's why ppl are telling you Trumbo and Kendrick need to be traded but you just refuse to listen

He's terrible and is another one of Scioscias toys that Dipoto needs to take away

I agree with Scott. We need pitching prospects and Trumbo is the best way for us to acquire them

And now his post got deleted by lifetime so I look stupid lmao

You do know that you can just ignore this thread.

Why you do have to take it upon yourself to respond like this?

Are you one of those who thinks the world changes for the worse when a thread like this is created?

You would say that threads like this serve no purpose. Do you really think your responses like this one serve any purpose either?

It's a freaking message board. People VENT on a message board. But you seem to think that venting is a bad thing. Don't deny it either, because you do this all over the board!

Agreed!! Only been posting for a few weeks but lifetime always gets into long arguments even though people are just frustrated with the team! Idk why he has to be an apologist for every underperforming player/coach...he also always laughs at people's post and comes off extremely condescending. I don't know this board that much so that's all ill say

A lot of sloppy plays and errors. To me, that reflects the coaching staff the most. This team just can't get it together, and they look like a little league team. Entire coaching staff including Scioscia should be fired. Anyone disagree?

I'm of the opinion that Richards just isn't going to be very good until he gets traded to the Rays or A's

You may not like the way he runs this team, but this statement unbelievably dumb.

Oh really? You think having a player with a sub .300 OBP hit leadoff is a smart baseball move? This guy seems clueless on this stuff. Aybar should hit 8th, Hamilton 9th. Scioscia understands baseball so well then how come we're so far under .500?

Sosh truly just doesn't understand baseball

Cezero is absolutely right. We need to fix our pitching problems first and foremost. A complete rebuild is needed. Trade Howie, Aybar, Iannetta, Vargas for solid pitching prospects

What a bust Cron is looking like...kid just can't take a walk...awful scouting

Good point.  What a lot of casual fans don't realize is that the A's have been lucky by catching teams like the Yankees while they are in a slump all this time.  Last year they caught the Rangers in a slump at the end of the season and tried to catch them in a slump again last night.  Didn't work out for them this time.  My Rangers are 4-3 against them so far this year and things look like they are going to get worse for the A's.

Lmao.

Such an obvious troll post

Scioscia does care. He just makes the stupidest ****ing decisions. I think he's a bottom 10 manager in the MLB at this point. He has constantly mis-managed this team the last few seasons. Really sick of it

Good thread and I agree. It is alarming that our fat manager does not realize this.

**** you Mike Scioscia. Blanton belongs in double A

Ok sorry Lifetime. I just really don't like your posts to ppl. You're the most disrespectful poster IMO. And you never admit you're wrong even when you clearly are

Still waiting for an actual response lifetime

Lou, then how do you explain why he lost so much weight and looks much thinner this year? I'll give you a hint: he's no longer on steroids

Lifetime, you should probably learn to admit when you're wrong because you're wrong here. Hamilton clearly used drugs and now sucks because he's no longer on steroids.

I want to slap Mike Butcher in the face!!!!!!!!

It's painfully obvious that the current team is going no where. I say we call up Calhoun, put Pujols on DL, make Hamilton bat 8th, and fire the entire coaching staff. I'd rather watch that team play than this team that we KNOW has a hard time winning.

The A's and Rangers are just so much better run. As long as the Angels keep Scioscia and Dipoto employed, we're going to consistently finish in 3rd or 4th place. This teams coaching staff and front office sucks. Time to shitcan Sosh and his staff already. Too many base running mistakes from this awful team