The A's locked down their next consecutive playoff berth on the last day of the regular season, leading to an emotional celebration for a workforce that's endured its discuss of ups and downs this year. But the celebration can only last so long, plus the A's don't have much time to keep the item going, with only one day splitting their clinching win over your Rangers and Tuesday's meeting with this Royals in the American Group Wild Card Game from Kauffman Stadium on TBS from 5 p.m. Rehabilitation.

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That means the A's have one day to prepare for a one-game playoff versus a Kansas City club they saw seven times this season and struggled to the beat of a 2-5 record along the way. This Royals are even starving now, looking to win their particular first playoff game in almost three decades. Here are three tips for the A's to stop the Royalty and advance to the Alabama Division Series against the Angels.

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Forget in regards to the past

Could the team that almost didn't make it in win it all? The A's like the sound of that, but they need to win this one recreation to keep moving forward, and in order to do so, they must treat it just like a clean slate, following an ugly second half that culminated in a 29-38 record.

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'There would be a lot of weight on our own shoulders leading up to this, mainly because for a team that had 18 consecutive winning months, to learn two months in the fashion that we did was tough,' said manager Bob Melvin. 'We are not used to it. It was foreign territory, and it was difficult to everybody. Hopefully to have this weight off your shoulder, we get back to undertaking the things that we do and have performed consistently.'

That means aligning a solid pitching performance with a productive offense and sound safeguard and not carrying the pressure of which burdened each of these all too often in the second half.

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Do your damage early

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Kansas Town's bullpen trio of Greg Holland, Kelvin Herrera in addition to Wade Davis is truly a solid force, having combined to get a 1.28 ERA and 258 strikeouts in 205 1/3 innings in the normal season. So the A's can't lender on scratching a manage or two across soon after going through starter James Protects, meaning they must get Jon Lester a lead early -- a formula which sparked a positive trend inside regular season.

The A's were 57-18 when scoring first, compared to 31-56 any time their opponent got to the actual scoreboard before them, and it typically starts with leadoff man Coco Crisp, whose ability to ward off second-half struggles and have on base will be significant for an offense that's been hot of late.

From there, the middle-of-the-order generation is just as important. The A's hold the personnel to produce plenty of take -- Adam Dunn, Josh Donaldson, Brandon Moss -- but they have seen little of the usb ports in recent months. Now's the time to make use of it again, while depending upon the likes of Josh Reddick, Stephen Vogt and Jed Lowrie to keep your momentum going behind them.

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Control the running game

The Royals were 6-for-6 in stolen-base makes an attempt in seven games against the A's this season. Though a small sample size, it perfectly displays a large season-long issue: Opponents had been successful in 100 away from 128 attempts against Oakland throughout the regular season. However, it's mainly a reflection of Derek Norris and John Jaso, who received the majority of the starts off behind the plate.

Geovany Soto, however, has thrown out eight of their 16 runners since becoming a member of the A's via an August industry from the Rangers, giving your pet the edge for a start over Norris behind the plate.

Edmonton -- Recognizing that they cannot possibility the potential damage of carrying Dan Uggla the remainder of this season, the Braves made our minds up to cut ties with him or her. Uggla was informed His was being given his unconditional release within a Friday afternoon meeting on Turner Field.

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The Braves will be responsible for this approximately $19 million Uggla is supposed to be paid through the end of 2015. Altlanta ga tried to trade Uggla during the offseason along with during the past month, but it cannot execute a deal.

'Probably in the last thirty day period or so, it's become more of an thought process,' general manager Chad Wren said of releasing Uggla. 'When His came into Spring Training, we had hoped it would maybe shift a little bit. As Tommy La Stella emerged and played really well, and as we looked at our ballclub, most of us felt this was the appropriate period.'

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Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez added: 'It was a baseball decision. Frank and I both talked to Danny and sat down and explained it for you to him. His was qualified, like His always has also been. Like His always will probably be.'

The Braves hoped to find a trade spouse willing to take on $8-10 million on the $26 million still owed to Uggla during the offseason.

'We've been very energetic making calls for the last calendar month,' Wren said. 'I think we have got to a point where we realized this was probably our simply avenue.'

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Uggla has filled a finite reserve role since sacrificing his spot in the starting lineup in early May. A week ago, His showed his stress by arriving 30 minutes prior to start of a game at Wrigley Subject. His was consequently dangling for Sunday's game.

Edmonton purchased anything of Philip Gosselin from Triple-A Gwinnett to fill out for Uggla during his suspension with July 13, but valued Tyler Pastornicky to take Uggla's role for now. If your Braves wanted to recall Gosselin, they would also have to wait at least 10 days following sending him back to Gwinnett, as it would be a non-injury roster move.

'We planned to optimize our roster,In Wren said. 'I don't think it's been a huge problem to this point, but I assume as we go into the second half, many of us wanted to get off to a good start in the second half, and I imagine, in some regards, a fresh start off. We wanted to give [Gonzalez] additional options.'

When Uggla was sidelined to undergo Laser eye surgery surgery last August, the particular Braves tabbed Pastornicky to fill his location before the 24-year-old suffered an ACL split in his left knee which robbed him of that option. Gonzalez likes the versatility that an skilled utility infielder like Pastornicky brings to the particular club's newly revitalized table.

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'[Pastornicky is] a guy that we've seen a great deal,' Gonzalez said. 'He played a single game before His blew out his knee last year, yet he's an offensive guy that can play second bottom and maybe against a tough left-hander, you allow [La Stella] a day off and perform him and run them in there.'

Uggla finishes his Braves career with a .209 batting average, Seventy nine home runs, 225 RBIs, a .317 on-base proportion, 243 walks and 535 strikeouts. His fixed the franchise single-season strikeout record this season before subsequently breaking the level in '12 and '13. His 33-game reaching streak in 2011 is the best indicate since the team moved to The Edmonton area in 1966 and is the second-longest skills in franchise history.

When asked to explain what His assumed were the reasons for Uggla's the latest decline, Wren did not pinpoint a specific cause. His feels getting Uggla was the right move to make back then, as the Braves craved right-handed power along with Brian McCann, Jason Heyward, Freddie Freeman and switch-hitter Chipper Johnson on the roster.

'We felt like this was the perfect match,Inch Wren said. 'It didn't continue to fit as well.'