http://www.sbnation.com/users/mango315 Posts made by mango315 on SB Nation http://www.athleticsnation.com/2008/8/17/595657/my-complaints-with-the-a-s mango315 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 18:22:37 -0000 <p>im fine that the a's want to rebuild....i am excited from a few years down the road to see a strong young team that can have a decent amount of playoff seasons...basically the day chavvy's contract is over is when i think the a's will officially have a chance at getting a good team</p> <p>1.&nbsp; injuries - my biggest issue by far.&nbsp; i hate when people attribute this to bad luck.&nbsp; there has to be another piece to this puzzle.&nbsp; 43 times in the past 2 seasons?&nbsp; the strength and conditioning coach, or the a's workout routines, or some aspect of them training has to be flawed.&nbsp; So I expect the a's to go out and do something, tell the fans they are working on it.</p> <p>2.&nbsp; moneyball - needs to be more adjusted.&nbsp; the a's have not been in a world series in almost 20 years.&nbsp; i think billy beane is a genius, but in baseball, a year without winning a world series is not a complete sucess.&nbsp; i think structurally but they need an RBI machine...someone who excels with RISP.&nbsp; also, moneyball needs to be more situational.&nbsp; if you are down and someone with decent power comes up with two outs, why not go for a big hit instead of trying to draw a walk.&nbsp; we basically have the most men LOB every game, so why put it into the hands of someone with low hitting with RISP....</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> http://www.athleticsnation.com/2008/5/21/524597/mlb-extra-innings-lack-of mango315 Wed, 21 May 2008 18:53:54 -0000 <p>i am a die hard A's fan in NY....i use MLB extra innings to watch as many games as I can but lately the A's have been getting the shaft.....anyone else notice this?</p> <p>It has been two games in a row that I cant watch the game....ive never really seen that with any other team in the past 2 years that I have been using this service</p> <p>I mean i can always go back to using MLB.com services but after years of watching games that way I really dont want to go back</p> <p>anyone else seeing the same problem?</p> http://www.athleticsnation.com/2008/4/16/411581/pictures-from-tokyo-dome-g mango315 Thu, 17 Apr 2008 01:24:01 -0000 <p>hi all, i never really post....i just went on a long trip to southeast asia, japan, then to china for work....i have a bunch of tokyo dome and a lot of other pics if you guys are interested....im trying to slowly get into photography so this was my first attempt with a decent camera</p> <p>so click the link, go to Asia Mar 08.....</p> <p>i appreciate feedback</p> <p>http://mango315.smugmug.com/</p> <p>im a few words short so this wasted enough &nbsp;</p>