We all know the A's offense is worse than anemic and that our starting pitching is the only thing keeping the team on life support. I didn't know how good the pitching was until I looked at the hitting numbers for this year for A's and opponents. It's shocking, but when playing the A's the rest of the world hits as bad as our boys do:

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Following the lead of monkeyball and Nick, here we have some classic Dylan adapted to our present situation. You can substitute the gimp of your choice for Harden.

Original lyrics here.

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The last two days, I've watched Baseball Tonight on ESPN in hopes of seeing some A's highlights, since the games in Baltimore were not telecast on Channel 36 or FSBA.

There was no A's coverage, except for a defensive play Mark Ellis made in game 20 that they rated as the #5 Webgem. Instead, there was 20 minutes each day on the last place team in the AL East and an 0-3 day by their third baseman, Alex somebody.

This is unacceptable. Fox Sports manages to squeeze all thirty teams into a half-hour show, and BBTN has a whole hour.

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