Floundering in minors, the end of line is near for Manny Ramirez

OAKLAND -- If there were a team, any baseball team, that could use the services of an aging slugger, a potential Hall of Famer -- no matter his age or agility -- it would appear to be the Oakland Athletics.

The A's are last in the American League in runs scored, in hits, in RBIs, in average, in on-base percentage, in slugging, in OPS. The A's offense (aside from the past four days when it uncharacteristically rallied against the first place Texas Rangers) has been uniformly abysmal.

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