The A’s have admitted that once again this year they have a chemistry problem and I expect that next, Captain Obvious will announce that Khris Davis has a throwing problem. In the past week, veteran Coco Crisp has publicly shamed the front office and manager over his vesting option, veterans Billy Butler and Danny Valencia have exchanged words and then blows over shoe endorsements, and Yonder Alonso has joined Crisp in taking to social media to weigh in on Shoe-gate.
Then the chicken-and-egg question is raised: does losing help to create bad chemistry, or does bad chemistry help to create losing?