Who knew that a showdown between the first-place Oakland Athletics and the first-place Kansas City Royals would make for such compelling August baseball viewing? I mean, compelling if you squint really hard and remember the days when the A's offense beat everyone by ten on a nightly bases, and didn't consider themselves lucky to parlay three hits into two runs, which kept them in yesterday's game until nearly the bitter end. Jon Lester will be starting for the A's tonight, coming off the A's best start of the year. Let's do this.