Things are not going well for the Oakland Sacramento Athletics at the moment. They enter the weekend having lost nine straight games. They’ve fallen into last place in the AL West, and the few fans who the owner hasn’t managed to alienate are unhappy. There are many targets for their ire, and at the forefront appears to be centerfielder J.J. Bleday.
Bleday is so good at finding ways to hurt the A’s every day
— your blissful A’s fan (@tuckerroole) May 22, 2025
Part of the aggravation around Bleday is that he once seemed like such a promising player.