Hey Cardinals’ fans, how was your day, yesterday?
Mine was a day filled with very high emotions.
As an Oakland A’s fan since 1964, in recent years I have grown accustomed to seeing my favorite players, one by one, be traded away for a host of new prospects. Such was the case over the past couple of days as Chris Bassett and Matt Olson are now members of the Mets and Braves respectively —- Bassett was like our J.J. Watt last season —- the A’s hopes for a playoff berth were pretty much dashed the day that Chris Bassett took a wicked line drive to the head —- and by the time he waged one of the gutsiest returns to the mound, the playoffs were out of reach.