Lester's great pickup, but they went from first to worst offense w/out Cespedes.

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Sep 30, 2014
10:25:28pm

cougfromcali

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That mid-season trade by Billy Beane killed the A's

dchandle15

9/30/14 9:52pm

Yup, outsmarted himself.

cougfromcali

9/30/14 9:53pm

The Addison Russell trade was horrible

mpfunk

9/30/14 9:55pm

Trade had nothing to do with the collapse.

mpfunk

9/30/14 9:53pm

Just a coincidence, huh?

BYUCoug11

9/30/14 9:55pm

Yes.

mpfunk

9/30/14 9:57pm

Injuries had much more to do with it. The timing

messi

9/30/14 9:57pm

This^^^. Ever since All-Star break, it's been like building Frankenstein trying

UNLVcougar

9/30/14 10:19pm

Read this if you're interested-

messi

9/30/14 9:59pm

Hacked by Funk. He really is smart when he's not

messi

9/30/14 10:01pm

Or about anything that matters

maxpowers

9/30/14 10:03pm

I disagree, that trade was a bad idea and it shows

dchandle15

9/30/14 10:04pm

Did you read the column?

messi

9/30/14 10:06pm

The Crisp and Lawrie injuries certainly hurt, but the article doesn't try to

BYUCoug11

9/30/14 10:14pm

Yes

dchandle15

9/30/14 10:21pm

Without Lester, the A's collapse would have been much worse.

CalGTR

9/30/14 10:13pm

That's impossible to know

BYUCoug11

9/30/14 10:15pm

Lester's great pickup, but they went from first to worst offense w/out Cespedes.

cougfromcali

9/30/14 10:25pm

Which losing Cespedes slightly above average offensive production

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