In a sense, the A's are victims of the old "too much of a good thing" problem. Who wouldn't like to have Ryan Madson and Sean Doolittle and John Axford and Fernando Rodriguez and Ryan Dull and Marc Rzepcynski all performing as well as they have? Only Liam Hendriks has struggled.
Trouble is, Oakland is suffering for not having a long reliever in the mix. Once again tonight, the A's had to scramble to piece together a slew of innings -- in this case 6 innings -- to cover for a starting pitcher who had to be pulled early.