Perhaps because they didn't actively try to lose 100+. They lost despite trying to be more competitive.
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What they said and what they did were entirely different things.

Don’t take public statements from a GM about competing at face value. Especially this one.
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I think professionalism matters. I think trying matters (I’m afreiad they did try which another poster thinks too). I think losing gets ingrained into any organization. I think fans pay hard earned $$$ to see you play. I don’t belive historically there’s any diff between #3 and #6 in the draft.


I’m surprised you don’t agree more with any of that.
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We actually had a losing record vs Detroit.


Read that’s sentence again. Then again.
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Unless something drastic happens, it’s going to be Matheny.

And my willingness to defend Moore is over. Matheny is the antithesis of the manager you need to develop young players.
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Those are all real points. Guess we’re surprising each other on this way.

I can agree with an .org going either way on this topic. Both have logic and make sense.
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Do you.think Sherman may get involved.in that hire? Sounds like he is somewhat hands on and understands baseball.
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How do the As always stay competitive yet the Royals flounder? Seems like it never takes the As long to reload.
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I’m just astounded by the garbage DM has brought in the past couple years. Blaine Boyer and Chris Owings are the 2 worst players I’ve ever seen and I’ve watched us 35 years. Duda, Hamilton, Boxberger, etc n and on. Your bench should be 0 war, ours was -10 and that’s why we lost 103 instead of 93. It’s incompetent beyond belief.


Tampa CUT payroll this year from 69m to 53m. (We paid Gordon-Kennedy-Duffy 51.8!). Think about that for a moment. They also had the 4th most players got the DL this year at 24, yet no excuses.


Got Avisail Garcia 1/3.5m. Picked up D’Arnaud off the waiver wire and he’s hitting cleanup tonite. The Archer deal. Top farm system. I could go on for an hour.
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The A’s always fall apart in the postseason just like the Twins and Indians. They are not the standard I’d like to follow.
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Blowfish!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!'


Give me the reasons I should HATE the A's again. A little history lesson!!!!!!!!
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The A's are the mediocre playoff team every couple years. They're the Alex Smith led team of the MLB.
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True. But they certainly know how to stay competitive and rebuild.
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If there is a model that the Royals should follow, I would rather go the Tampa route instead of Oakland.

At least Tampa has been more consistent in the more tougher AL East than the A's in the AL West.
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The A’s suck. Sneak into the WC round and bow out like chumps every time. Fuck them.
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