Tonight's game was my fault. I was writing my last post, sitting on the floor in front of my laptop, making sure to keep my hands, feet, and posture steady while the Red Sox made a ridiculous 9th inning comeback then kept the A's from winning in 2 even ridiculouser situations.
Plagued with the pain of sitting uncomfortably for so long, I had to lie down. The instant I did this, Nick Swisher was batting, and I thought - "I changed my position, here comes a walkoff." Well, one batter later, Chavez ends the game with a home run. Sorry everybody.
But this was actually my second psychic premonition of the game, the first was the be the original point of this post when I was sure the A's would not come back.
While I'm a supporter of the "Moneyball" philosophy to baseball, it has a serious flaw - clutch hitting. In the bottom of the 9th of tonight's game, with the bases loaded, nobody out, and facing the great JC Romero, Chavez was at the plate. I had the thought "Chavez is the exact kind of guy to ground into a double play here." Well, I was wrong. Chavez struck out. Bobby Crosby is the kind of guy to ground into a double play, as he promptly did to end the inning.
This harkens back to various playoff series' where the A's have failed to advance. Prior to last season, they had an abysmal record in series-clinching games (0-11 i think). Something's missing in the "Moneyball" strategy.
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