OAKLAND
Monday was a double-bummer trade deadline experience for the entire Bay Area. That’s a rare thing to accomplish.
Usually at the summer deadline, no matter their place in the standings, either the A’s or Giants pull off a deal that makes some of their fans happy. This time . . . no, sorry, pick another category, please.
The A’s fans were either completely steamed or completely discouraged when Billy Beane handed over heartthrob pitcher Sonny Gray to the Yankees for a trio of young maybe-they’ll-be-good-or-maybe-not prospects, two of whom are currently injured. It perpetuates the franchise’s roster-churn treadmill, which must be solar-powered because it never stops.