JUST A BUNCH OF WAVY LINES

Hey, do you think the A's would have been better off calling up Huston Street last season rather than Jairo Garcia?

And doesn't sugar taste better than say granulated glass?

Monday night I got home from work and started making a few graphs. I had been up for 16 hours and trying to do that damn 'rithmetic in my head was making my eye go all blurry.

I wanted to find out where the A's have been in the last few years in several hitting categories as a team. I threw in the AL averages to simplify what I was looking for.



Here are the links:

• Oakland Team Batting Ave against AL Average



• Oakland Team On Base Percentage against AL Average



• Oakland Team Slugging Percentage against AL Average



• Oakland Team On Base Plus Slugging against AL Average



• Oakland Team Hits against AL Average



• Oakland Team Walks against AL Average



• Oakland Team Strike Outs against AL Average



• Oakland Team Runs against AL Average

Notice any patterns, say around 2003?

And, hey, if the A's can get a runner to 3rd base with less than two out employing a sacrifice bunt, what makes Ken Macha think the are going to score?

Durazo singles, Ellis sacrifices him to 2nd base. Ruby scampers down to 3rd base on a Wild Pitch and Swisher fouls out to third, ruining the opportunity. Skootch strikes out looking to end the waning threat.