Give 'Em Enough Hope: 7 Out, 25 to Play... Are You Buying In?

Nothing more I’d like to see than a dramatic comeback from our green and gold in these last few weeks. It would truly make a frustrating season for the offense turn into a magical one and probably shock quite a few of the so called “Experts” who put us deep in the cellar at the beginning of the season. But alas, I realize this can probably only happen if we were playing Seattle and Cleveland the last 27 games of the season and that ain’t the way it is. Our pitching is great- but maybe tiring a bit- and our offense is still at the AAA level. Unless some of the callups show me something they haven’t shown yet, I think we’ll finish in second place – two or three games above .500- and that will be a successful season!

It’s like they keep teasing me! Down the stretch, we cannot afford to lose a single series. If we sweep the Rangers, I’m totally buying in and I’ll get MLB.TV for the last few weeks to show my solidarity.

If the Rangers continue to swoon, I won’t get a lick of work done, because I’ll just keep waiting for the box scores to update.

Maybe it’s youthful exuberance, but if the A’s can get hot at the right time, we can do it!

because Rich Harden can do much better.

I’m with JJ Martin – it doesn’t cost me to hope. And hope feels good. Of course, having your hopes crushed feels worse than giving up, I guess. But then, why be a fan?

No matter how slim it might be until you’re mathematically eliminated. I don’t think it’s going to happen though. I’m usually an optimist but the offense on this team just isn’t good enough to help the remarkable young pitching.

They’re nowhere near as good as Texas, but if you want to see how a team can suddenly drop their pants for no good reason and start peeing all over their cleats, then watch this circus act.
Dropping pop flys, clanking routine ground balls, they can’t do anything right. Why? Because it got in their head … I think the “choke” tag is used far too often in sports, but San Diego is a perfect example of what it really means to grip under pressure. So sad. Oh yeah, my point … if San Diego can do it, maybe Texas can, too.

and above is exactly the sort of excitement I am ready for when it comes to the A’s this year.

Honestly, with a team as offensively unimpressive as this, I am afraid the playoffs would be embarrassing. I mean, how would I like to see that series with the Yankees again, but in October. The A’s just don’t play well against really good teams yet.

… unless it involves the Carpenters (either or both, then or now).

Bobby Cramer? According to SuSlu, they’re scheduled to pitch on the same day this week.

Cramer is 2-2 with a 1.94 ERA in 7 starts. He dominated the Mexican League earlier this year by going 13-3 with a 2.95 ERA in 20 starts.

You know how the A’s love giving long-time minor leaguers a shot at the bigs.

We need to make up 3-4 games over the next 14 before facing texas for the final time this season. Not impossible although we have similarly difficult schedules. I think management should make the executive decision to play nothing but day games from here on out, it’s not like people are going to the games anyway.

I’d rather the Athletics have the Rangers win-loss record and they have Oakland’s…even if that meant that the Athletics would be slumping as badly as Texas was at the moment.

While it’s possible, I seriously doubt that it will happen.

And then obviously take at least 3 of 4. I don’t think it’ll happen, but it can’t hurt to hope. It’s better than anything we’ve had the previous three years, at least.

Maybe. It’s just nice to not be completely out of the race at this point. And it’d be nice to put some pressure on Texas either way.

The offense just can’t keep up for a stretch run most likely. It’d also be nice that if every time they got close to seriously getting back into the race, they didn’t just start blowing chunks for a week. If the A’s can be within 3 games by the time of the Texas 4 gamer (with two day games, at home) later this month, I’ll allow myself to believe.

Also, the first round series with the Yankees would be embarassing, but at least we’d have a division title to tout to potential free agents!

The phrase “long-shot” is probably a gross understatement at this point. Never hurts to hope though, regardless.

Got pretty demoralized after the Yankees series. But maybe, just maybe, there’s a flicker of hope for the rest of the season. Here’s to keeping my fingers crossed!! :}

It’s great for me to care a little longer about the A’s season in September with all the other things going on.

I just checked the BP playoff odds and the A’s are back up to 3.19%.

I was away all weekend, so I haven’t been keeping up. I noticed that the A’s won three of four. Did the Rangers lose some too? They must have.

But it is September and we are talking about it so it isn’t all bad. What worries me is that this will give Beane the idea we are only one offensive player away for next year. We are one offensive player away from .500 baseball and nothing more. We are 3 offensive players away – three players who can hit better than anyone we currently have.

but I’m not gonna get my hopes up until the A’s put themselves into position by getting to at least 3-4 games back before squaring up against Texas.

They have been teasing us all year long and I still have serious doubts about the offense putting enough runs on the board against the better teams left on the schedule. If we sweep Seattle and then take at least 2 out of three against the Sux, then perhaps we could be in business. One day at a time, one game at a time is how I’d like to look at it but at this point there are only 25 games left and one must project ahea to figure out what kind of small chance the A’s really have.

And as a side note, I watched the highlights of the game on Saturday against the Angels and I couldn’t believe the tantrums that Jared Weaver was showing openly on his dugout…really embarrassing and just bush league. I don’t think see him in an Angels uniform next year. A much as I don’t like Scioscia I respect his game managing and I just don’t see how he could put up with that kind of shit from one of his players.

Just a thought….go A’s!

#Athletics select Jeremy Hermida from Triple-A Sacramento.