Those damned Athletics. Just when you had finally convinced your friend to buy those season tickets they pull this mid-season comeback nonsense. Such a sudden burst of victory has forced me to reexamine a team I had all but damned to obscurity, while their GM may soon have to reconsider his own plans for a mid-season shakedown. Are those Angels I see in the outfield? I’ll let you know this Monday June 8th, 2009

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