After losing 16 of their first 17 series, the A’s are 5-6-1 in their last 12 series when the season resumes Thursday after the All-Star Game.
As impressed as A’s players were with the passion of the “reverse boycott,” they understand they’re merely along for the ride and hoping to either establish or extend careers in the sport they love.four straight on the road going into the break, they’re much more competitive than they were in April and May, when they were 11-47 . Those months have contributed to the lion’s share of a negative run differential of minus-248 that is far and away the worst in the majors.
Rooker thought things were looking up after winning two of three from the White Sox on the A’s last homestand before the break. “Since early June, the last month or so, we’ve been playing well, winning games against some good competition and we’ve got to keep that going,” Rooker said. Still, it’s a tall order for a team with a .272 winning percentage to avoid having the worst record since the franchise moved to Oakland in 1968. The A’s would have to go 30-40 the rest of the way to come in at 107 losses, one fewer than the 108 losses which came in 1979. They would need to be 36-34 to beat last year’s 60-102 record by a single game, and at least 38-32 to avoid 100 losses.
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