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September 15, 2006
A's fan not convinced
Spoke to an old friend on the phone a few minutes ago, who happens to be a longtime Oakland A’s fan, and the feeling around the Bay Area seems to be one of skepticism. Even though the end of the season is just two weeks away and the A’s have a five-game lead on the Angels, this guy, anyway, is not about to buy supplies for a division-clinching party just yet.
So it isn’t just the hardcore devoted Angels fan who thinks this division is winnable. The biggest factor for my buddy – a former baseball writer, by the way – was the A’s collapse of two years ago. Plus, he tends to be a pessimist by nature. Not a knock, dude, just an observation.
The Angels won five out of the last six games against the A’s last year and it could have been six of seven had they won an 11-inning game on Aug. 30. This year, it’s probably going to take winning six of those last seven that take place over the final 10 days to get the job done (not to mention victories in just about every other game that doesn’t involve the A’s).
So if anybody needs a reason to hope, let the worry of at least one A’s fan make you feel better about things.
Posted by Doug Padilla at September 15, 2006 01:46 PM
Comments
you're dreaming! as an optimistic a's fan, i am not worried that they will close out the angels. there's no give-up in this team.
Posted by: steve at September 20, 2006 09:44 AM
you just ran out of hope -A'S CLINCH DIVISION-anyway the angels only kiiled themselves because of a lousy first half and because their GM is afraid to make a trade-billy beane is the best GM In baseball and Stoneman is the worst and by the way how does mickey hatcher keep his job?-what a terrible hitting coach for a poor hitting team!
Posted by: dennismrll at September 27, 2006 03:28 PM
you just ran out of hope -A'S CLINCH DIVISION-anyway the angels only kiiled themselves because of a lousy first half and because their GM is afraid to make a trade-billy beane is the best GM In baseball and Stoneman is the worst and by the way how does mickey hatcher keep his job?-what a terrible hitting coach for a poor hitting team!
Posted by: dennismrll at September 27, 2006 03:28 PM