You know what is funny.  This morning I finally got up the heart to check my Reality Fan Forum inbox.  In it were 11 e-mails from various A's fans.  I've met none of these people other than  replying to an e-mail after they have read an article I wrote on the team. Since we're a nation, I've always kept contact and let them know when I write something A's related.  All of them wrote essentially the same thing.  The Magglio walk-off doesn't even register as a stomach punch when you've already sat through the Kirk Gibson walk-off and the Jeter flip play.  It's comical that this is the case.........yet this is the case.  

Mainly though the A's have a lot to look forward to next year.  They won 93 games this season and made the ALCS and not once all year did they play with a full deck.  At one point or another the A's had Rich Harden, Milton Bradley, Frank Thomas, Bobby Crosby, Esteban Loaiza, Huston Street, Justin Duchsherer, Joe Kennedy, and Mark Ellis out with injuries.  If the A's stay healthy they can easily win 95-100 games next season, just with what they have coming back.  

I know Zito is leaving and I wish him all the best.  He will always be appreciated in Oakland.  That being said this postseason was a microcosm of his entire career.  Zito can be brilliant one day and mediocre the next.  I loved him in Oakland, but cutting the cord with another remnant of the teams that went 0 for 9 in elimination games might not be a bad thing.  I like Shane Komine and I hope he gets every crack in the world at Zito's spot in the rotation.  From what I saw he is the kind of hard thrower that wins in the postseason.  

All in all, it was a great season in Oakland.  Hopefully next year we can get over the hump.

"No, cause it ain't sh*t. Ain't nothing but 10 grand. What's 10 grand to me? Ain't sh*t ... Next time I might shake my d*ck." --Randy Moss
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