Post-Mortem Open Thread

With no tomorrow for the A's, mostly it's a sense of sadness and a search for the why and how of it all.  What next is also a question to discuss.  Since the recap thread from last night is overflowing, and we've now had a chance to sleep on it, here's a forum to continue discussions.

Reflections on the season, plans for next year, analyses of the playoffs, links to articles and posts, whatever it is feel free to throw it down here.

"You gotta tip your cap. At the same time, we don't want to." - Josh Reddick, after game 5.