Cerb is dead on.
Billy Beane is putting the pieces right back together. This team will be in it next year, but not good enough to win the division most likely. I hate to admit it because I don't like Oakland, but THIS is how you build a team without tons of $$, not the crap Kenny Williams trys to pull.
This team (Oakland) ALWAYS kicks ass in the second half of the season and will do so next year as well.
In 2006, look out.