Now welcome back students… today we are going to go outside
the box that is the standard classroom. And venture to a place where we can get
a little more perspective. There is a wild race going on in Baseball’s American
League. A Wild Card Race to be exact. This year the execs in MLB baseball
thought it would make baseball more interesting to add a second Wild Card spot.
I will tell you that this season is much more interesting as well with 6 teams
within 6 games of the 2 WC spots available. We are going to examine them and their
chances one team at a time in Double K’s Perspective. Today’s team perspective
is the Oakland Athletics who sit in the #1 WC spot a half game above Baltimore…
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WC 1 Oakland
Athletics (84-63 3GB in AL West, 44
HmWns, 40 RdWns): The Athletics have been somewhat of an anomaly. At certain
points this season the Athletics have looked like a team that could win the
World Series. During other times they have looked like a team that could barley
make the playoffs. As of recently they have been hot. Which has me thinking
that they could possibly catch the Rangers for the division lead but if that doesn’t
happen. The Athletics are deep at key positions and definitely have the ability
to win a one game playoff against any AL team. But as the playoffs get closer
and they inch closer to securing the WC berth the Athletics will continue to look good and lean
on their young pitchers to get them to the promiseland. I will just sit back
and watch as the magic happens in Oakland….again….
That is all for
today check back in the next couple of days to see our review of the Yankees
and Orioles as they battle for the final Wild Card spot. Till then class is
dismissed…
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