It would take an extraordinary collapse to not make the playoffs. Almost unprecedented. I'm thinking '90 or '91 Dodgers who lost 13 in a row. Can we do it????
Momentum going into the playoffs has been shown time and time again to be pretty much worthless. "Momentum is only as good as your next starting pitcher."
Oakland takes 2 of 3 in Seattle starting tomorrow, and we make the playoffs even if we lose all 6 remaining games
could have been a 2-1 series with leads in the late innings. Not gonna fault the entire team as sucking or limping into the playoffs. I'm sure 2 guys will get an off day Tuesday.
Even with slowing down at 2B and again at 3B, a headfirst slide to the outside where he reaches over to the plate might have had him safe. The world will never know.
Sorry, I can only focus on one display of incompetence at a time. We'll never know what Alvarez would have done with 2 on and 2 out. We'll never know what Pressly would have done in the 9th with a lead. We do know that they did an exceptional job of blowing a winnable game.
I think that’s probably the simplest and correct answer. Take the day off and then take care of wrapping up home field in round 1.
Like the great Aaliyah once said. Dust yourself off and try again. Wish we could dust ourselves from dusty but we're stuck with him for the year.
