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9/1/1944 - Breaking even in August
A 14-14 month still has us hovering around .500 for the year. We're just missing Garry Maddox from our starting lineup, so we'll enter the final month of the year with the most complete team we've had all year.
It's never too early to start thinking about the offseason, and heading into the 1944/1945 offseason my top priorities are pretty clear -
1) Upgrade shortstop
2) Upgrade shortstop
3) Look for an upgrade at first base
In reality Danny Thompson has done pretty good filling in, hitting .282 and playing ok defense at short. But I'd feel much better with him as a utility infielder, because I don't think he'll keep playing as well as he's been.
The A's fired manager Lester Oliveros despite the A's being just 2 1/2 games behind us in Chicago. I'm hoping I can lure him to Chicago where he will serve as our new bench coach. Seems like Oliveros got a raw deal, and he'd be an upgrade to our coaching staff.
Former Cub Jon Matlack won the 200th game of his career this month.
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