If you can’t do better than whiff 3 times with the bases loaded and nobody out, what can you do? Apparently, win the game the next inning. 25 years ago the A’s celebrated Cinco de Mayo with a rollicking 17-16 loss but in 2025 fortunes smiled just enough for the A’s to slink away 1 game out of 1st place and 4 games north of .500.
Here are some thoughts as the A’s prepare for game 2 of a telling 12-game stretch against the Mariners, Yankees, Dodgers, and Giants...
Bullpen
The bullpen’s depth has been much tested of late and the depth has come up huge.