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Originally Posted by SCUDSBROTHER
Because 2 teams with records well over .500 are exchanging players of unequal value. If the A's had a losing record, then it wouldn't be a big deal to cut salary for the rest of the year. How can you advertise to people in the Bay Area to come out for the 1st part of next season when the G.M. gives some of the best talent away while being 9 games over .500? Fact is the fans want a good team more than the G.M. does. He is lucky an A's fan hasn't killed him already. THEIR FANS WOULD HAVE TO BE MASOCHISTS TO PUT UP WITH THIS HERE.
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I will be sure to bring this thread back when Harden hits the DL. You may be the only person outside of the players moms who think that Oakland could #1 make the playoffs and #2 win more than 1 game in them if by some miracle the red Sox and Angels planes crashed into each other. Nobody thought they would win 70 games THIS year. Doesnt the guy get credit for putting together a team that has vastly outperformed expectations? If you put a team together based on the fans desires you lose. How will the yankees feel in 2 more years when they have Posada on the payroll and he is lounging on the beach in PR? Sell high, buy low. Harden blows up next start and guess what? You get nothing for him.