OK, the A's lost Saturday, and I said I wasn't going to get excited and start posting about them unless they won that game. But now the A's have won today, and it's fun to be excited about your team. Oakland is now 7-9 and just one game out of the American League West lead! Go, A's!!! Now the Cardinals are coming to town, and that means I'll get to hear them on local radio here in Madisonville. Sports is the best!
Darius Miller appeared that the Mark Pope event.
ReplyDeleteDick "Hoops" Weiss tweets: "Kentucky has the most passionate fan base in college basketball, and it's not even close."
ReplyDeleteSince this post, the A's are 0-2 and I've started Tuesday and Wednesday sleepy from following close losses in Oakland to the Cardinals on my phone.
ReplyDeleteOakland is now 1-5 since this stupid post. Stupid, stupid, stupid. Moments away from start of Businessperson's Special at Yankee Stadium against 15-7 New York ... STUPID!
ReplyDeleteWell, Aaron Boone has already been ejected, and this one might get replayed for the rest of his career.
ReplyDeleteOK, look, the A's just came from behind to beat the Orioles in the ninth.
ReplyDeleteThe A's lost to the Orioles on Saturday, but they also came from behind to tie the Orioles in the ninth and win in the 10th Friday. That was immediately following a four-game-series split at Yankee Stadium.
ReplyDeleteOakland started this road trip by being swept in three games in Cleveland, and the A's are still only 12-17.
ReplyDeleteBut that's a 41.4 winning percentage this season after going 30.9 percent last season and 37.0 in 2022, so, on the curve, this little late-April run has been amazing, A's.
ReplyDeleteFollowing one baseball team day by day through a season is so much fun.
#GREENCOLLAR!
ReplyDeleteDid the A's win? @DidOaklandWin
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11:43 PM · Sep 19, 2023
That remains the last Tweet from the "Did the A's win?" person, and I understand the disengagement. I just hate it, though, that this person, who clearly loves or at least loved this team, appears to have not gotten to celebrate the last three A's series:
-- Four-game split at Yankee Stadium
-- Two wins in three games in Baltimore
-- Sweep of the Pirates in three games back in Oakland (completed moments ago)
With games yet to be played today, here are the current A.L. West standings:
1. Mariners 17-13
2. Rangers 16-14, 1.0 games back
3. Nashville A’s 15-17, 3.0
4. Angels 11-19, 6.0
5. Astros 10-19, 6.5
From Kendall Baker's Yahoo Sports AM newsletter today:
ReplyDeleteThe Athletics are averaging 6,410 fans per home game this season, which is on pace to be the lowest average home attendance for an MLB team since… the Athletics in 1979.
Mind-blowing stat: 553 professional and college teams in the U.S. are averaging more fans than the 2024 A's, per Sportico.
Included in that list: 18 minor league hockey teams, 13 minor league baseball teams, 12 NWSL teams, 12 NCAA baseball teams, eight NLL teams (indoor lacrosse), seven WNBA teams, seven USL Championship teams (one tier below MLS), six D-II football teams, three Indoor Football League teams, two D-III football teams, and one women's volleyball team (shoutout to the Omaha Supernovas!).
The sad reality… The A's are actually decent (17-20) despite having MLB's lowest payroll. But no matter how well they play, Oakland fans — angry at ownership about the team's pending relocation — are likely to stay away out of spite.