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Prior to Monday’s game at Las Vegas Ballpark, Austin Allen learned he had been named Triple-A West Player of the Week and deservedly so. All the Aviators’ catcher did in five games was bat .619 (13-for-21) with two homers, five doubles, four RBI and seven runs. So how did
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The Oakland A’s have been bad at manufacturing runs for a long time, to the extent that they’re kind of famous for it.
Two decades ago they could only afford undervalued walks and homers, so they went with a Three True Outcomes offense for a while. That strategy adapted over time as the market changed, but small-ball never fully came back into vogue in Oakland. Even when there was an occasional speedster or slap hitter, from Byrnes to Rajai to Coco to Burns, their skillsets always felt like square pegs in a round lineup and often went underutilized. Meanwhile, they lost the 2014 Wild Card Game to a Royals team that could barely hit the ball 100 feet but somehow could cross the plate at will.
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