Monday, October 06, 2003
HELL YEAH!!! A'S LOSE!!!
What else can I say? The A's have lost 9 games in a row in which they could have won the series. They've been one game away NINE DAMN TIMES.
Now the wet blanket note. Grady Little couldn't manage his way out of a paper bag. With runners on 2nd and 3rd and one out, he didn't walk the next batter. If he did, he's got a double play situation with Derek Lowe (ground ball pitcher) on the mound. Makes sense, doesn't it? Walk the guy, ground ball ends the game. Simple. Though this is a tossup move, when T-Long came up, conventional wisdom (though not always right) says to bring in Sauerbeck (lefty) to face Long (lefty). That said, Lowe has been a starter and can get hitters out at both sides of the plate.
Anyway...CHOKELAND, BABY!!!
Now the wet blanket note. Grady Little couldn't manage his way out of a paper bag. With runners on 2nd and 3rd and one out, he didn't walk the next batter. If he did, he's got a double play situation with Derek Lowe (ground ball pitcher) on the mound. Makes sense, doesn't it? Walk the guy, ground ball ends the game. Simple. Though this is a tossup move, when T-Long came up, conventional wisdom (though not always right) says to bring in Sauerbeck (lefty) to face Long (lefty). That said, Lowe has been a starter and can get hitters out at both sides of the plate.
Anyway...CHOKELAND, BABY!!!
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