Hi AN! It’s been a while since I’ve written anything here but I’m sort of feeling like a need for a bit of therapy after 159 games of this team.
The A’s, basically since I started Athletics Nation back in November of 2003, have always been a slow starter followed by typically a furious dash for the playoffs come the second half of the season. It all goes back to Billy Beane’s old philosophy of assessing the team first third, addressing the needs in the second third and stepping on the gas pedal in the final third.
The team followed that similar script this season and if I’m 100 percent honest, I feel like this year’s trade deadline was one of the best ones the team had in the Forst-Beane era.