Billy Beane has NEVER won a title.
Moneyball was helped along by 3 great young pitchers (Hudson, Mulder, Zito)
Billy Beane was a career .219 hitter. He has whiffed a lot more than you think.
They will come up short again this year. People laying 4-1 are on crack!
You're in FIRST PLACE,
Your ERA is 2nd in the AL to Seattle,
and you now trade a gold-glover AND home run hitter
for a guy who plays every 5TH GAME.
when Lester has a bad outing, now you just traded
all this for a guy who plays every 10TH GAME!!!!!:shoot:
Billy Beane has NEVER won a title.
Moneyball was helped along by 3 great young pitchers (Hudson, Mulder, Zito)
Billy Beane was a career .219 hitter. He has whiffed a lot more than you think.
They will come up short again this year. People laying 4-1 are on crack!
They already had enough pitching and just gave away their best playoff bat and defensive player......
66-41 and this guy thinks he can improve on that .....
Seriously if this guy knew baseball he would have been satisfied.
He just blew the A's chance this year .........
There's no way they have a better record for the rest of the season.
He made the trade that adds NOTHING to this team because it got rid of their best player.
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Plus he is good friends with papi
redsox might close the season on a Hott run
Its not about if their end of the season going forward is better. It's about if they have enough ammunition come playoff time. Whether it's from pitching or at the plate.They already had enough pitching and just gave away their best playoff bat and defensive player......
66-41 and this guy thinks he can improve on that .....
Seriously if this guy knew baseball he would have been satisfied.
He just blew the A's chance this year .........
There's no way they have a better record for the rest of the season.
He made the trade that adds NOTHING to this team because it got rid of their best player.
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Its not about if their end of the season going forward is better. It's about if they have enough ammunition come playoff time. Whether it's from pitching or at the plate.
Who knows but u will see a 8-9 game win streak
They just gave away the heart of their lineup .......
There is no way this was a good trade
I swear some of you never watch a single game of baseball.
Yeap
I watched an A's team the last 2 years that couldn't get a hit in the playoffs except for Cespedes....
And they trade him for a pitcher they didn't need ..... if it meant giving up your best batter.
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Sam look at verlander great in season garbage in playoffs
Sam look at verlander great in season garbage in playoffs
Really?
Are you really going to try and make the case that pitching doesn't matter in playoff baseball?
You are not making any sense .....
Most batters have trouble during the playoffs "every fucking pitch" matters pressure.
The A's gave away their best playoff hitter.
I would have never made that trade. I understand the value of having a player that has already proven the playoff pitching doesn't bother him......
Again. If you have a player that has been awesome in the playoffs. YOU DON'T GET RID OF THEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sam look at verlander great in season garbage in playoffs
:lightbulb:
He just doesn't understand that playoff baseball is different than regular season baseball.
Give me all the stats you want. This lineup won't win the World Series.
1. Sam Fuld (L) CF
2. John Jaso (L) C
3. Josh Donaldson (R) 3B
4. Brandon Moss (L) LF
5. Jed Lowrie (S) SS
6. Stephen Vogt (L) 1B
7. Josh Reddick (L) RF
8. Alberto Callaspo (S) DH
9. Eric Sogard (L) 2B
why not? the giants won a world series with a lineup featuring pagan, scutaro, theriot, crawford, belt, and gregor blanco. won in a sweep. they also won with a lineup featuring andres torres, freddy sanchez, cody ross, juan uribe, aubrey huff, pat burrell, edgar renteria and aaron rowand in 2010
He's NOT their best hitter.
That's funny because he has been their #3 hitter for the last 3 years. Every MLB team bats their best player 3rd.
Care to explain why the A's thought he was their best hitter?
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