Morning Juice: Beane, A's experiment with all-relief pitching staff

For the final a.m. in baseball's regular season, let's rise and shine together to recap the most recent diamond doings. Roll Call starts in Oakland, where Athletics manager Bob Geren paid tribute to his bullpen by eliminating the middle man — which, in this case, happened to be the starting pitcher — and simply handed the ball to his relief corps. Sounds innocent enough, but ... Game of the Day: Angels 5, Athletics 3Welcome to the future: The A's scratched right-hander Edgar Gonzalez for their season finale and replaced him with rookie left-hander Brad Kilby(notes) — rookie reliever Brad Kilby — who pitched two scoreless innings against the AL West champions. Kilby was followed by six more relievers, none of whom went more than 1 1/3 innings apiece. Nothing was wrong with Gonzalez, other than his 0-4 record with a 5.26 ERA. Geren said he simply was making a gesture of gratitude to the A's bullpen.From MLB.com: "The bullpen has been a st...