Remember when?

OAKLAND, CA - OCTOBER 06: Owner Lewis Wolff and General Manager Billy Bean... - MLB - Yahoo! Sports: "Owner Lewis Wolff and General Manager Billy Beane of the Oakland Athletics celebrate after the final out of game three of the American League Division Series against the Minnesota Twins at McAfee Coliseum on October 6, 2006 in Oakland, California. "

Yeah, I know we're so out of the postseason already. I was just having a moment of nostalgia.

My colleague Mike is a Mets fan and this morning, he wasn't at his desk when I came in. For about a quarter of an hour there we thought he might be too distraught to come in today.

But he did and he seemed to be taking things in stride. He could smile, he could talk about last night's game with the bases loaded and Carlos Beltran striking out, he actually said, "I don't really care."

I think I'm happier to be an A's fan today. At least our losses weren't close ones. In our cases for our last several playoff disappearances, we deserved to lose.

I'm going to tune in to a WS game or two, but I'm certainly not moving my schedule around to accommodate it.