Oakland A’s: 10 Reasons 2012 Will Be Better

It looks as though the Oakland A's are going to miss the playoffs again for the fifth consecutive season.  When the season began there were high hopes in Oakland.  The starting pitching staff was considered to be one of the best in the game and a few acquisitions on offense was supposed to improve an anemic offense.

Fast forward to August and the A's are in third place in the American League West at 55-69 and 16.5  games out of first place.

Injuries to key members of the pitching staff and the acquisitions on offense not quite working out has landed the A's in the spot they are currently in.

So, here we go again!

It's time to start the "wait until next year" talk.

There has been a managerial change in Oakland, a call-up fr...

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