Slap Hitter: A’s go Lefty Lose-y

The Athletics have fallen way off the front page of even the sports section and now just pop up when there is some statistical oddity or personnel glitch to report. We have both! As of this weekend, the Oakland A’s have become the first team ever in the sesquicentennial anniversary of the game’s birth to go with a five-man starting rotation featuring only Left-handed pitchers. They should sell it like some sort of side-show freak thing: Marvel at a team that will soon be passed by the pathetic Giants! Gasp at a squad that hasn’t won a series since Flag Day! Wince at the collection of has-beens, never-weres and never-will-be’s that make up our daily line-up. And now–nothin’ but lefties!