On Jul 18, 7:54 am, Dan Szymborski <d...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> In article <6IOdnfUlCf3fh-jVnZ2dnUVZ_uidn...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> shootycans...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
says...
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> > "Nic" <nicb...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> > > Justin may also be next to go since he's asking for a long term
contract.
> > > This is the A's MO with Billy Beane, when a pitcher gets good TRADE
HIM!
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> > Dan Haren joined the A's in 2005. That year, he broke into the top
ten
> > among AL pitchers in innings, strikeouts, and complete games, going
14-12
> > with a 3.73 ERA. But he wasn't "good". No, he became good in 2007,
which
> > prompted Beane to trade him before the 2008 season.
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> > So very correct.
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> And Blanton, too! His nearly 5 ERA represents him becoming good,
> apparently!
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> I'm quite amazed. Beane's doing a proper rebuild, not a half-ass one,
> yet many A's fans are, in essence, arguing that the A's should be run
> like the Orioles or Pirates, forgetting long-term goals in order to
> squeeze out a few more wins in a meaningless season.
No season is meaningless when you are four games out at the All-Star
break.
Oh wait, I mean, six games out because Huston Street sucks!
Somehow Billy Beane has traded his three best starters and his best
hitter over the last eight months and managed to IMPROVE this team.
Haren, Robertson, Swisher, Harden, Gaudin and Blanton turned into
Carlos Gonzalez, Brett Anderson, Dana Eveland, Greg Smith, Aaron
Cunningham, Chris Carter, Fautino DeLoSantos, Gio Gonzalez, Ryan
Sweeney, Matt Murton, Sean Gallagher, Eric Patterson, Josh Donaldson,
Adrian Cardenas, Josh Outman and Matt Spencer.
Crazy.
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