With the Athletics' dismal effort against the Red Sox in Oakland this week, perhaps we should take the "O" out of Oakland and just start calling our home "Aukland."
It is painful to watch a game in which the also-rans and never-will-bes that make up the lineup take their hacks against ANY average pitcher.
There is not one player on this team that makes the opposition even wonder where the A's are in the lineup.
Who cares if it's Crosby, Cust, Sweeney, Brown, or Suzuki coming to bat. It just doesn't matter.
When I left the Coliseum on Wednesday afternoon, I looked over at my buddy and said, "I bet you that this team will be no-hit at least four times this year." I know that would be a record, but don't laugh. In "Aukland," any form of offensive ineptitude is possible.
So, now I wonder how long it will be before Mark Ellis, Rich Harden, and Joe Blanton are shipped off for some more nobodies with "potential."
We all know that Billy Beane is more interested in his SJ Earthquakes, but he has let all of the fans down by not at least keeping a competitive team on the field.
I mean, at least give us hope that if Swish comes up with a couple of runners on in the ninth, we may win a 3-2 game.
For now, A's fans are stuck with a lineup of 7-9 hitters, and it just doesn't matter who's coming up, or who's hitting fifth in the ninth inning when we're down by two.
I guess that since the team has already replaced the OAKLAND on the tarps with the BBQ Section, we can go ahead and call them "Aukland" anyway.
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