Saw this article on espn.com about the Oakland A's success. Liked what pitcher Brandon McCarthy said about how manager Bob Melvin and pitching coach Curt Young go about their business:
"You don't feel like there's an ego on their side," McCarthy says. "Your failure isn't a personal insult to either one of them. It's one of the worst feelings in the world when you're playing for a manager or a pitching coach and you feel you're personally insulting them by doing poorly. It's demoralizing, and it exists way more than people would think."
