Does A’s Rebuilding Plan Render Team Unwatchable?

For baseball fans invested in the won-loss record of the Oakland A’s, the 2011-2012 offseason was depressing. The team traded three former All Stars (pitchers Trevor Cahill, Gio Gonzalez and Andrew Bailey), acquired mostly prospects unfamiliar to the casual baseball fan, and basically said that winning was secondary to the franchise’s quest for a new …