The A's arrived in Anaheim Monday night having lost their last seven games on a 1-8 home stand. We can't play any worse than we did on the home stand. We have five or six pending free agents. They can either lock them up or get rid of them for prospects. Damon is one of the pending free agents.
Art brings so much stability.
The guys love him. He's not playing badly, we are. The Animal House A's feasted in spring training. The effort is there and the preparation is there, but at some point we find a way to disintegrate. I mean, the mental mistakes, the situational hitting, it's just bad baseball.