Oakland Athletics: Top 9 Reasons to Believe There’s Always Next Year

In a lot of ways, the Oakland Athletics have already had a very successful 2010.

The campaign isn't over by any means—with more than 50 games yet to be played, anything and everything can still happen.

However, the A's sit nine and a half games off the American League West pace set by the division-leading Texas Rangers. With the Texas in town for the weekend, they have a chance to shave some of that margin and they'd better.

Because they're even further behind in the AL Wild Card race.

Granted, with the juggernauts out in the AL East, the playoff side door was probably never a realistic option.

Nah--it's the pennant or bust.

Since the Rangers look to have a pretty firm grasp on the flag, Oakland's hopes for contention are dwindling with ev...

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