I hope you were sitting down when you read this shocking news.
On Friday, Chris Coghlan hit a ball farther with his glove than he typically does with his bat. It was an egregious error that had it all: a drop, a boot, and an unsurprised fan-base. The play encapsulated the A's defensive season, as they've been terrible in the field from their gloves, to their arms, to their brains according to every metric known to man.
The basic stats
The A's have committed the fourth most errors in all of baseball. With 40 on the books, the A's also have the fourth worst fielding percentage in the game.