On the September 27 edition of A's Cast Live, our weekly all baseball talk show Monday through Friday, Chris Townsend discussed why winning games early means more now (8:00) and why not to judge Mark Kotsay after this season (35:00). He was joined by Tim Kurkjian of ESPN (40:55) and Eno Sarris of the Athletic (1:27:40).

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