Just because you say that you didn't intend any offense, how do you think people are going to take it when basically you tell people if they don't support Crosby, they are not doing the 'cool thing', or they are practicing 'bad taste? You've made it clear with 17,000 posts in three different diaries over the last 24 hours that you think that people who don't support Crosby are somehow lesser fans, and I take great offense to that.

I have met Ed Crosby (Bobby's dad). He seems like a great guy; no doubt his son is as well. I have had high hopes from Crosby since the day he came up to the Major Leagues. I cheered when he won the ROY award.

But I am not going to ignore major defensive problems from a key position on the team to go with very little offensive production, because you think somehow it's the cool thing to do.

I call it like I see it. Crosby is welcome to change my mind, but until he does, it's in pretty poor taste for you to keep telling fans what they should and shouldn't say about players on the team, especially when you have exactly zero evidence on which to base your position.

I bleed green and gold as much as anyone, but I don't excuse poor play. I took the same amount of heat for being a Macha-hater from the start, but that was my opinion, backed up with a lot of examples.

I want NOTHING more than for Crosby to be good. But he's not right now, and like it or not, whether you think it's 'cool' or not, that's the story right now.

BCG...It's not that I'm not listening, or that I don't FULLY appreciate (and am kind of in awe of) your faith in Crosby, but the problem is, I just don't see any evidence for where the defense "He'll be okay" is coming from. When Frank Thomas was struggling last April, everyone kept saying, "He'll be okay". But Frank has a LONG history of being a Hall of Fame Major League baseball player. Bobby Crosby has had, really, one good month in his career. There simply isn't any evidence that he'll ever be good, and right now, he's not even average!

When people use this defense, I feel like they keep pointing to an empty piece of paper, saying, "But don't you see this amazing drawing?! It has the potential to be a masterpiece!", and all I see is a blank piece of paper.

I will give you that it's April, and two mere weeks into the season. I'll give you that Bobby was injured the majority of last year, and might not be 100% still. And believe me, I hope that your feeling is right, and that he comes around starting tomorrow.

But I was embarrassed to have him on the field in this series. He made even the most routine play scary.

I don't know if it's mental, or physical, but something needs to be fixed, and I'm just pointing it out. I don't want Crosby to fail; most likely, if he does, the A's are done.