Brandon Moss almost hit a game-tying home run in Game 1. Coco Crisp almost beat the throw to the plate in Game 2. He also almost caught that shallow popup. And Cliff Pennington almost hit a game-tying home run in the 9th. Almost. But almost doesn’t cut it. Welcome back to postseason baseball, A’s. The [...]

The other night I was watching Game 3 of the NLCS between the Brewers and the Cardinals. Former A Mark Kotsay plays for the Brewers as a fourth/fifth outfielder, but he got the start in Game 3 based on matchups and other guys struggling. Anyway, Kotsay homered in his second at-bat of the game. It [...]