‘Embarrassing’ Defensive Play Has Become a Theme for Oakland A’s 2011 Season

Following another sloppy 7-1 loss to the Texas Rangers on Saturday afternoon, A's manager Bob Melvin was asked in his post-game press conference if he was aware that the A's were now the worst defensive team in the Major Leagues.

"I'm very aware of that," Melvin responded to the question.

To sit through the entire press conference, though, which lasted only about five minutes, it is not hard to sense the growing frustration by the manager to his team's complete, at times, ineptitude towards defense.

As it was on Saturday, the A's received another good pitching performance from their ace, Trevor Cahill, only to waste it behind four errors on the field.

As Melvin explained, though, "really, w...

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