C'mon............. They lost to the Dodgers!
2007-10-11 16:26:02 · 11 answers · asked by truckeroif2 1 in Sports ➔ Baseball
Kinda hard to do it.
Did they really expect Kirk Gibson to do what he did though? But yeah, the A's were an intense powerhouse back then. If they threw it in 1988, then think about in 1990 when the REDS??!! swept them. No throwing of it, just a freak occurance. That how baseball is.
2007-10-11 16:40:37 · answer #1 · answered by fotojack 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The old saying is it's better to be lucky than good and the Dodgers just got really hot at the right time. I haven't seen a pitcher be so dominant as Orel Hershiser after the all star break in 1988. No one could get to him and that scoreless streak was just crazy. They should of not beat the Mets in the NCLS in the first place but whatever they did really worked.
The Dodgers lineup in 1988 was really horrible with such luminaries as Alfredo Griffin, Mickey Hatcher and Mike Sharperson. My favorite Dodgers from that team would happen to be Jay Howell, who got busted for using vaseline on his pitches in the NLCS against the Mets. What a sham!!!
The A's could of been shellshocked after Game 1 but who knows. When you're two best hitters (Canseco and McGwire) don't do anything, you're bound to not succeed.
2007-10-11 19:15:02 · answer #2 · answered by slurricaine 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Where did that question come from? The A's were a very good team for the time, (AL champs '88-'90) but that doesn't mean that they couldn't be beaten. Stewart was too intense of a competitor to throw a game. Canseco wanted the money too much and La Russa would never allow it to happen.
Every team is competitive in a short series especially when they can throw the best pitcher in the game, (for that season) at you in games 1, 4 and 7, (like they did back then).
No one could have expected it but it happened. No one could have expected the Twins to go from last to first back in that era, but they did. Baseball is very unique this way.
2007-10-12 04:36:29 · answer #3 · answered by Zim 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In a short series, anything can happen, particularly when you have a pitcher on the ride of his life. Orel Hershiser was amazing that season, and practically carried the Dodgers on his back to the championship. No doubt that the L.A. lineup was one of the weakest ever by a world champion, but you don't have to win 100 games to win the World Series, just four. For further proof, last year's Cardinals weren't exactly the 1927 Yankees.
2007-10-11 16:41:16 · answer #4 · answered by wdx2bb 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, but the 1906 Cubs DID! [1906 Chicago, a rigged town with a team that went 116-36. Gimme a break! No wonder there is a curse on the cubs!]
2007-10-14 16:37:19 · answer #5 · answered by zzturk2 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, they got stomped. They took them too lightly and the Dodgers peaked at the right time. They had to get past the Mets to get there.
2007-10-11 16:54:36 · answer #6 · answered by chaba 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NOBODY CAN DO ANYTHING WHEN YOU FACE HITTERS WITH THE POTENTIAL OF GIBSON. THOSE WERE PLAYERS THAT ACTED IN THE RIGHT MOMENT, NOT LIKE THE PRESENT ONES, WHO GET PARALIZED WHEN THEY TAKE THE FIELD.
2007-10-12 06:45:27 · answer #7 · answered by Mr Jack 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
uh yes
2007-10-11 17:05:48 · answer #8 · answered by B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
C'mon..........are there people out there who think that They didn't?
2007-10-11 16:38:03 · answer #9 · answered by Ashleigh 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
$100.00 BET I LOST AT THE TIME I MIGHT AGREE.
2007-10-11 16:56:05 · answer #10 · answered by BIG DADDY 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋