Out of reach

So the A's lost 2 of 3 to the Royals. No, the Royals did not win in any true sense of the phrase, the A's just plain sucked ass. The Royals, who HAD a 19 game losing streak before the A's played the role of "slump-buster," were able to shut down the A's juggernaut of an offense. How the A's lost a game with Scott "Big Words, Soft Stick" Hatteberg, I will never know.

But let's rewind to the beginning of the week with the Orioles series. They were unable to win ONE game against the Orioles even though two of those losts were practically handed to the A's as wins. But of course, the A's had to be the team that broke the Royals losing streak; look on the bright side, do you even know who the '88 Orioles broke their losing streak against? Didn't think so.

Kotsay's lost ball was a parallel to how the last week has been in regards to the A's playoff chances. So long as Hatteberg is not on the DL to get "rest" and Melhuse is not the full time DH, meaning he hits as a lefty AND a righty, then the A's have no shot at finishing August on a positive note. I may be mistaken, but isn't the fucking disabled list used for players who need the proverbial "rest?" Why is it that Hatteberg is unable to go on the disabled list?

Oh and what the fuck is Ginter doing on the bench? When was the last time he even started a damn game? Yeah, that's right, I don't remember either. How about calling up a third catcher so there is actually a replacement for Kendall in case we don't need one of his patented weak bloop shots?

You may have noticed, this post was full of question marks and not a whole lot of periods. Sort of like this damn A's team. For a final thought, let's turn to everyone's favorite svengali, skipper Ken Macha:

"My main concern is that we gave up a three-run lead," said Oakland manager Ken Macha after his team's seventh loss in nine games. "Our bullpen has to not do that.

"We need to throw better out of the bullpen to close out that game, we absolutely do."