OAKLAND, CA - JULY 17: Fans do "the wave" on 80s Day at the Coliseum during the game between the Oakland Athletics and the LA Angels at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum on July 17, 2011 in Oakland, California. The Athletics defeated the Angels 9-1. (Photo by Michael Zagaris/Oakland Athletics/Getty Images)
It is difficult to think of a series in August as a must win, but that is the situation that the Oakland A’s find themselves in.
The A’s season is starting to slip away. What had been a promising year, one where they were contending for the division, has become a disaster.