We're not mathematically out of it yet, but that's only because the A's and Royals seem to want to fukk this up as much as we do...but as the days get shorter our chances to sneak in do, too.

I hate to blame it on one guy, because that's never the case, but Iwakuma's implosion over the last month seriously put a dent in our chances. He went from Cy Young contender to six straight bad outings...not average, or less than stellar, but plain ol' bad.

A couple of those starts looking like his midseason form and we would be strolling into the playoffs right now, and if we had Felix, Iwakuma, and Paxton all rolling on all eight cylinders right now I wouldn't want to see us in a seven game series, even if we got there via the second AL wildcard slot.

Fish on...

Todd