It’s a sad truth that when the A’s blew a 6-3 lead to the Tigers, and lost a game that seemed to be in hand, it was only the 5th most devastating loss in the last two weeks. Worse were the 3 late losses in a row to the Giants and Mariners, and worst of all was probably last night debacle.
In the aftermath of a disappointing loss always comes the lynching call for the manager who did X when he could have done Y. The next day it’s usually that he did Y when he could have done X.