Opinion: When is enough, enough?

History lesson: In 2002/2003 offseason, the Marlins franchise was purchased by the Montreal Expos owner, Jeffrey Loria. A trait shared by most new MLB owners they like to make their marks on their franchises. So when the Marlins had the mark of 18-24 on May 10th, 2003, after breaking a 6 game-losing streak, Loria fired manager Jeff Torborg and hired former A's skipper Jack McKeon. Of course afterwards, the Marlins won the World Series...

So when does Wolff/Beane pull the ol' "enough is enough" cliche' out of their collective bags and decide to make radical changes? While it is entirely possible that the A's make a move during this Boston series, the A's may will make a move when they comeback to the Bay Area on Thursday. While some may point to the fact that the A's "are playing for 2006, not '05," the fact is that Beane hates to lose. If one refers to the chapter "The Trading Desk" from Moneyball, there is the story of Jeremy Giambi's trade and how Beane went stir-crazy and decided that even though he was his experiment, he would get rid of him because he was a detriment to the team; that was when the A's were 19-25. I have to believe that as much of a competitor that Beane is, he would make a move to shake up this team. The problem is that the offense, the one thing that was to carry over from last year, is the deficient aspect of this team. Had it been the pitching, I could understand the way this team is playing, but that is not the case.