2014 MLB PLAYOFFS

preseason hockey has more my interest.. like to see buck take it all, after all, he does have yankee ties!

 

i would b just as happy, forgot donnie in LA...

 

big mistake gettin rid of big bat... they had a solid staff.. got greedy over thinkin it

 

...it was the coach's fault...Melvin should have been tougher with his players.

 

...it's easy to draw a parallel between Cespedes leaving and the A's offense going south but I think it was coincidental...once they went on a cold streak, they felt the pressure and it only made things worse...Cespedes was not that much of an offensive force this year before he was traded...or after he was traded for that matter.

...and Lester has been great in Oakland.



...Beane went all in...and at the time of the trade most people thought the A's were a shoo-in....but now, the only way for Beane to keep from being second guessed is for the A's to win it all...tough hill to climb.

 

...I suppose it's good fodder for conjecture, but we'll just never know for sure if things would have unfolded the same way if they had kept Cespedes or if they hadn't gotten Lester.

 

there's this thing called chemistry, man!!!!! i have never seen on any board a poster try so hard to be wrong so much of the time, my goodness, what the hell is wrong with you?

 

^^^ {points and giggles} (only because it doesn't warrant a normal response)

 

I'd like to see KC win the AL WC, Detroit over Baltimore, KC over LA, KC in the WS & Pitt knock the crap out of SF, LA over the Cards, Pitt over Washington, & really torn over Pitt vs LA.... Pitt vs. KC w/ Pitt winning the WS

 

...lol


http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...ubhouse-chemistry-to-winning-mlb-world-series

http://blog.philbirnbaum.com/2014/03/espn-on-clubhouse-chemistry.html

 

Team Chemistry, if I remember correctly they 72-74 A's won three consecutive Worlds Series with a group that fought like cats and dogs. Ditto the 77 and to a greater degree the 78 Yankees. What brought them through was team "character.

 

...^^^yup.

 

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Don't forget the '86 Mets.

What brought those teams together was excellent pitching, clutch hitters and a few timely post season HRs.

 

For all we know, Cespedes was the Jeremy Giambi knucklehead in that clubhouse.

 

...^^^this...plus, if he was such an integral part of (wait for it) ...the A's "clubhouse chemistry", why wasn't he able to transfer that magic to the clubhouse in Boston?...I think the Sox were something like 20-30 with Cespedes.