The playoffs kicked off last night in pretty grand fashion. It took extra innings to decide who would move on to play the Texas Rangers in the ALDS, and with a mighty dinger in the bottom of the 11th, the Jays were victorious.
You might have heard about Buck Showalter's awful curious decision to not use his best reliever in spite of repeated opportunities. This is an A's blog, so in an admittedly blatant attempt to make all things A's related, be happy that Bob Melvin is at least a decent bullpen manager. He would have definitely gotten Zach Britton in the game in that situation, even if Ryan Madson would have given up a home run immediately after.