The A's Got Embarrassed, Again, But There's Reason For Hope
by Patrick Redford from Deadspin > Sports News Without Fear, Favor or Compromise on (#4RRGD)
So, yes. The Oakland Athletics are dead again. The A's finally got to host a winner-take-all playoff game after losing last year's Wild Card Game in New York but, for the ninth time in as many tries, they biffed it, losing 5-1.