Oakland Athletics Make Statement with 20-Run Outburst Against Marlins…
20 Oakland A’s runs are shown here. That they received a score of 20 is expected. Perhaps because it only took them one game as opposed to six. However, this site will not be used to criticise the itinerant Athletics. Oh no. This blog is about respect.Five hundred ballclubs. Teams that are under 1.5 games out of first place are honoured. Teams other than the Chicago White Sox are ones we support. The A’s, in their last season before heading out of Oakland to Sacramento and then who knows where else, were meant to feel like the craziest dive club in your town when the lights go out. Rather of living up to expectations, they have settled for being merely mediocre, ranking ninth in the AL in runs allowed and, with their 20-run outburst against the Marlins on Saturday, 12th in runs scored. Well, that’s still a bit harsh. However, it’s not historically harsh or embarrassingly harsh, and the A’s have been scoring those runs lately when it matters most—they’ve won eight of nine games and six in a row. Try not to focus too much on the players they’ve faced this week. (And it wasn’t easy work for the Orioles to win two of their previous three.) With six socks-dolagers from four different A’s and eight different batters driving in runs, everyone participated in the victory on Saturday. Brent Rooker, who became the first Athletic to homer twice in an inning since Mark McGwire, was one of those dinger-distributors. Will the Bash Brothers return? They are not, that is for sure. However, 17–17 is 17–17! How many World Series winners in the end started 17–17, do you know? If I inquired, I could probably get “several” answers from the Elias Sports Bureau. I don’t want to annoy them on a Sunday. The Astros, a late-dynasty team that featured the best hitter of his generation until this week, are staring up at the A’s. However, they are just food for the powerful Athletics, who now own the best intramural record in the AL West (2-1, baby!). Furthermore, the Oakland A’s 8-3 record in interleague play compels us to conclude that the Oakland A’s are superior to every team in the National League. […]