Oct 3, 2012

10/03/2012 06:15:00 PM
This is not the Team Chicken n Suds with a Side of Boston Clam Chowder Melt Down of the 2011 Red Sox in September 2011. But this Meltdown will get One Boss right out of his Seat and a few Sound Bites to throw around in Nolan "the Express" Ryan the Rangers Majority Owner.

Crime Scene...Oakland, California...the Black Hole Swingin' A's Edition....Prime Suspects: The 2K12 Oakland Athletics Baseball Team...Victims: 2K12 Texas Rangers Baseball Club..."They Shock T.R."    

A's Breakdown for October 3, 2012

1. Win convincingly 12-5 to win 2012 AL West
2. The first time they have been all alone in 1st Place in the AL West is Today Game #162
3. No One wants to play the the 2K12 Oakland A's in Winning Time...No One

The Oakland Athletics come out of All-Star Break possessed like no other Team in the Show I have ever seen and run down the Texas Rangers in Game 162 to win the AL West. I don't need to see the Dallas Morning News or the Oakland Tribune to realize happened to the Rangers falling to 2nd Place and the Athletics rising to 1st Place. It happened but now the Plot thickens as the Rangers have to play in the dreaded 1-Game Playoff to get to the Divisional vs either the Bronx Bombers or O's.

Maybe the West was won by Division Records as the A's were the best at 32-24 while the Rangers were 3rd Best out of 4 Teams with a 27-29 Record. In the Last 10 Games the A's were 9-2 and the Ranger were 4-11. The would constitute as a Collapse at the End but there is 151 more Game to talk about then the Last 11 Games.

Now the Rangers have to get their Minds Sets right and back into the Frame of Mind that they are still the Team to Beat regardless of Record. They will go with Yu Darvish in that 1 Game Playoff and he has been lights out in his last 6 Starts.

The A's will enjoy this one until the Wee Hours but the Yankees, Orioles, Rangers, and Tigers loom large and the one thing the young and youthful Athletics have going for them is it's Baseball not Pressure.

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