AUTHOR: Ryan Armbrust
DATE: 7:07:00 PM
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<div style="clear:both;"></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c351/r84x/DTS221101419_lower.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 246px;" src="http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c351/r84x/DTS221101419_lower.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Dan Haren pitched a good game, the A's got some hits, but Magglio Ordonez decided to finally show up for the Tigers.

I'm not as upset as I initially thought I would be, since this has been coming for a couple days now.

The A's had a great season, winning the AL West, and sweeping a very good Twins team for Oakland's first playoff series win since 1990.

Detroit was simply the better team over these 4 games. Eric Chavez took a lot of heat for saying that, but he was right. They made very few mistakes, and took advantage of the A's miscues.

I don't need an email from Tommy Lasorda, but I will still watch the rest of the NLCS and the World Series.

I've got to get going on my season-in-review article for <a href="http://www.beyondtheboxscore.com/">Beyond the Boxscore</a>, and then... I can begin looking forward to all of the offseason Hot Stove action, and Spring Training, and then Opening Day.<div style="clear:both; padding-bottom:0.25em"></div>
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