Shameless, disgusting rosterbation. I'm starting to go blind already.
Anyway, while the article discusses a link between the cubs and a's, a little minimally intriguing tidbit from an anonymous source at the end (so you know it's the truth!): "One NL source said the Giants and Indians could approach the A's about Cust, but haven't just yet. The Orioles could also make a move as well."
So we could be in for the love-child of Adam Dunn and the Michelin Man. Probably not, but just as a thought experiment, how do you feel about this? He's the exact opposite of every player on this team... hits for power, no speed or glove whatsoever (actually. career uzr of -20.4 in the OF, although methinks he might be slightly more bearable if we slotted him at first), walks a shit-ton, strikes out a lot and has an average that puts him in the range of ray charles taking hacks with a wooden chopstick... ok almost the opposite. So how's about giving Shamu a glove and giving it a go?
Btw, pre-sarchasm... this may be the worst idea i've seen for us yet.