Walking away but always looking back

So when the A's were supposed to win the division on the hands of a cool-headed Milton Bradley and an ace in Rich Harden, why did I stop posting? Could it be that I was some bandwagoner who was to lazy to talk about how terrible Dan Johnson was for two months of the season? (Actually, it was three months since September when I wrote about his hitting chart)

No, it had more to do with the fact that I was pissed with the A's. For the third year in a row, the A's have underachieved; Macha being at the helm isn't a coincindence. In fact, you could make an arguement that they have underachieved since 1999, but that wouldn't be the case.

They didn't make the big splashes they did the past few years; signing Redman and beefing up the bullpen, trading declining talent for younger, thus better talent, signing Thomas, Loaiza, and trading for Bradley to make an A's run in '06. Oh don't tell that this wasn't "the year." The A's were supposed to go all the way, even the commercials said so. Don't think of some clever cop-out that "A's in '06" meant the A's were going to play durring '06 season. That's like saying water is wet or that Macha sucks; we know, we know.

Basically, I would rather laugh and enjoy to see the A's lose their division lead to the Mariners, that team that sucked ass for the majority of the season but now is right behind the A's for the lead. Perhaps Bavasi should start getting the PR department to make a new "M's in '06" ad campaign. It did wonders for the A's.