The problem is he doesn't have any accomplishments. Yup. 2003 was crap. So was 2004. He accomplished to construct an 88 and then an 89 win team, that in the end accomplished nothing more than one playoff series win. So, I guess that's what we have in the accomplishment category, one playoff series. 4 years, one series win. A sub .500 record. Yay for lowered expectations. So the A's didn't accomplish anything until recently? Right on. The A's also did managed their accomplishments in a tougher league, with payrolls under consistently under 60 million dollars. Why is context so difficult? Who cares about context? Just win the damn series. Cardinals won it with 83 wins and a couple boxes of band aids for their ailing lineup. Why does it matter that they did it in an easy division? They're the Champs....and the A's aren't. That's what matters. Who cares about context? If you don't understand the importance of context when comparing two teams accomplishments, then i dont know what to say. The rest of the stuff you wrote has nothing to do with what I said, so I'm not sure why you posted it. You certainly formed letters into words, though, so nice job on that.