The A's?

[9RoyHobbsRF]

Wow where did they come from, they have had some serious injuries etc but are now in contention for a wild card anyway and since June 10 are 23-9 which I beleive is the best record in baseball during this time.

They swept the then first place Dodgers, swept the Red Sox and currently won the first two games against the red hot Yankees.


They actually have held their own against the Rangers (6-6) and actually are 5-4 vs the Angels, both teams ahead of them in the standings.

They have by far the best ERA in the AL

[9RoyHobbsRF]

Oakland leads the majors in walk-off wins with 10 including seven times in the past 14 home games

Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/bas...#ixzz21Iw89Oux

[Rich the Giants fan]

They're pretenders, they'll sink come the dog days of August.

[PlanetZoltan]

Oakland leads the majors in walk-off wins with 10 including seven times in the past 14 home games

Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/bas...#ixzz21Iw89Oux

Twice this season they have had a player hit a walk off home run for his first career homer. Pretty crazy sidenote there.

[AStubbs7]

Don't think their offense is good enough to stay in contention. If they make a move to acquire some more offense then we can talk.

[9RoyHobbsRF]

they just beat the red hot yankees for the third straight game

the Yanks had come in on a 30-10 spurt, that's .750 folks

[Bothrops Atrox]

they just beat the red hot yankees for the third straight game

the Yanks had come in on a 30-10 spurt, that's .750 folks

And the Giants lost 5/6 games to the Marlins this year. Those kinds of thing happen to every team over a long season. Sweeping the Yankees tells us very little about the A's long term chances of success.

[9RoyHobbsRF]

And the Giants lost 5/6 games to the Marlins this year. Those kinds of thing happen to every team over a long season. Sweeping the Yankees tells us very little about the A's long term chances of success.

are u trolling?

the A's have won 12 of 14 and have the best record IN THE ML since June 10

[Bothrops Atrox]

are u trolling?

the A's have won 12 of 14 and have the best record IN THE ML since June 10

After a torrid stretch that is impossible to keep up, they have the 7th best record in the AL. They have good pitching, yes, but I do not think they will be a playoff team. That is a prediction based on their talent. I could be wrong and they could make it, but that isn't trolling. I imagine a huge majority of people agree with me that they are not a playoff team - so if I am a troll... Trolling is when someone goes out of their way to irritate people or start conflict by typically taking extreme or unpopular positions. I don't see how I have done that here.

The Rockies won 10 out of 13 games earlier this season. The Cubs had a stretch this year where they won 15 out of 19 games. Teams have ebbs and flows throughout the season. There is nothing on their roster to indicate that the A's are a great team. I root for the A's and would rather them win than the Sox or the Yankees or the Rangers or the Tigers, so I hope I am wrong...

I just don't get to high or to low when a team goes on a big run or a big slump - a pretty reasonable response, if you ask me. I'd like to think it is called perspective and not trolling.

[m8644]

After a torrid stretch that is impossible to keep up, they have the 7th best record in the AL. They have good pitching, yes, but I do not think they will be a playoff team. That is a prediction based on their talent. I could be wrong and they could make it, but that isn't trolling. I imagine a huge majority of people agree with me that they are not a playoff team - so if I am a troll... Trolling is when someone goes out of their way to irritate people or start conflict by typically taking extreme or unpopular positions. I don't see how I have done that here.

The Rockies won 10 out of 13 games earlier this season. The Cubs had a stretch this year where they won 15 out of 19 games. Teams have ebbs and flows throughout the season. There is nothing on their roster to indicate that the A's are a great team. I root for the A's and would rather them win than the Sox or the Yankees or the Rangers or the Tigers, so I hope I am wrong...

I just don't get to high or to low when a team goes on a big run or a big slump - a pretty reasonable response, if you ask me. I'd like to think it is called perspective and not trolling.

agree 100%. They've played as well as they can possibly play for a while now, and still are behind too many teams that quite simply have more talent than they do at the moment.

It's not a knock on them. They're an exciting young team, just not there yet in most people's view.

[Bothrops Atrox]

agree 100%. They've played as well as they can possibly play for a while now, and still are behind too many teams that quite simply have more talent than they do at the moment.

It's not a knock on them. They're an exciting young team, just not there yet in most people's view.

Right, I am not knocking on them at all - I have always rooted for the A's.

[wu-tang clan]

As much as I'd love to see it, it just won't happen; the competition is much too fierce. They'd have to beat out all non-New York Yankees teams in the AL East since I can't see them placing any higher than third in their division come October, and that just doesn't seem possible.

[dominik]

they are really having a hot stretch hower it will be really tough for them even if they stay hot for the rest of the season. they have 2 really strong teams in their own division. and even the second WC is hard to reach since there are a lot of good teams in the AL.

[Ben Grimm]

The A's are 38-24 (.613%) with Cespedes in the lineup and 12-20 (.375%) when he's not in the lineup. If they do reach the playoffs, he should be mentioned in the MVP voting if only for how important he's been for the team.

[Rich the Giants fan]

The A's are 38-24 (.613%) with Cespedes in the lineup and 12-20 (.375%) when he's not in the lineup. If they do reach the playoffs, he should be mentioned in the MVP voting if only for how important he's been for the team.

Or that winning percentage could just happen to coincide with the A's hot streak. Let the season play out and see where that percentage stands when it's all said and done.