The notoriously streaky A’s have pitched and hit their way into a sweep of the defending AL Champs as the team appears to be on the upswing yet again. The A’s weekend wasn’t filled with all of the usual unchecked bliss from winning that can still pervade even when rooting for a team destined for last place, as bigger news than a series sweep struck before the final game was played. Finding out that Ryan Madson, and longest-tenured Athletic and team/community leader Sean Doolittle, had been traded in exchange for a former A’s farmhand with potential for an amazing turnaround and a complete flameout, a nineteen year old southpaw that has the potential to be a top of the rotation starter and the potential to be an injury-decimated LOOGY, and a bad-bodied corner infielder who doesn’t appear to have a clear path to the team, even if his bat holds up better than expected, left any A’s fan with a gamut of emotions.
Athletics vs Rays: Poised to Breach
