Let's see how many words it takes me to essentially say "Not much because you just never know." The A's have been here before, plunging further and further into an abyss in May. 2005 comes to mind, when Oakland had to fall all the way to 17-32 before turning it around to the tune of an .800 record over 2 months.
As bizarre as the 2005 season was, it was also normal in that nowhere does the phrase "expect the unexpected" apply more than in the confounding world of baseball. Rarely does the same weird thing happen twice, yet rarely does some weird thing not happen.