So the latest disaster was one I did not witness but rather heard, causing my ears to start bleeding. Eric Sogard, who might be the worst base runner in history, rounded 2B on a Billy Burns infield hit and got himself caught in a rundown. Burns, trying to sneak into 2B on the play, was also tagged out, turning an infield hit into a double play.
Perhaps more disturbing is the fact that I wasn't all that surprised.
It's not like a Bob Melvin team to be completely unprepared in the fundamentals of the game, nor is it like a Ron Washington coached defense to make more mistakes than putouts, and yet here are the 2016 Oakland A's making basic blunders like blunders are going out of style.