A Fitting End to a Disappointing Season for the Oakland A’s

A Fitting end to a dissappointing season

The A's have limped to a 75-87 record to end the 2009 season. Sadly, this is 1/2 game worse than their final record in 2008 where they finished 75-86 and played only 161 games.

This marks the third consecutive season in which the A's have done more poorly than the year before, and the third consecutive season in which the A's have lost more games then they've won.

The A's showed vast improvement in the second half, and had many A's fans excited for 2010. These hopes were dealt a painful blow as the A's ended the season on a season-worst seven-game losing streak.

Indeed, the final stretch proved a painful reflection of the 2009 season as a whole. There was hope, optimism, and just enough unknowns to mak...

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