[My2Cents]

Call it what you want, but you have to understand the frustration: four straight years in the playoffs - four straight eliminations in round one, after going five full games. I didn't see Lowe's gyrations after the final out, as I didn't watch the game (was at a meeting last night), but as an A's fan for over 30 years, I can tell you the frustration at being eliminated for the fourth year in a row is overwhemling. They only have themselves to blame. They, and their ownership, which keeps the A's competitive enough to make the playoffs, but won't spend the money to get them over the hump. Overwhelming frustration is what it is.

[Big Guy and Rusty 99]

Frustration? Frustration? I'm a Boston fan. Let me tell you about frustration . . . Do the names Bill Lee, Bucky Dent and Bill Buckner mean anything to you?

I am mired in frustration. Thirty-one years of so near, so far. It's a wonder I haven't gone bald from pulling out my hair every season.

[Mr. Mojo]

four straight years in the playoffs - four straight eliminations in round one,

And, I believe, losing 9 straight elimination games .....an MLB record.

[stop_fascism]

How much more would the owners have to pay to get players who know enough to touch home plate, and not to get into bar fights the night before they pitch?