10 reasons to hate the..Oakland Athletics

1. "The Bash Brothers"

Turns out this was a comedy.

"Look at us. We're so different. We're crazy out here on the left coast."

I've never been there, but McAfee Coliseum has to be the worst ballpark in baseball. It has tons of wasted space in the lower seating area, MLS style tarps over the empty seats in the upper deck, and awful site lines. I don't think anyone will shed a tear when this concrete dinosaur meets the wrecking ball when the A's open their new ballpark in a few years.

Honeycutt was notorious for scuffing baseballs and was once caught doctoring a ball with a thumbtack.

7. The Moneyball Philosophy didn't really pan out

and the image of Rollie Fingers was born.

I was hoping for a 60/40 split between baseball and badminton.

"I think this is Year Three of 'Joe's Gonna Get Traded' talk"....yep