Congrats to the Oakland A's on being baseball's best story for the 2012 season so far. (The Orioles are right there in terms on playoff unlikelihood, but they didn't win their division. They still have a game to win before playing in the Division Series. UPDATE: And they did win. Way to go Orange and Black). The A's somehow beat out the Rangers, who are every bit the powerhouse that the Yankees are. Whether you look at this as a magical run by the A's, or a historic collapse by the Texas*, this is quite a story.
How they did it, I have no idea. Seriously, name 4 players on the A's. And now they've suddenly become the team that nobody wants to play. It's not even worth speculating on whether they can continue to ride their all-rookie starting rotation (seriously?!?) to advance, but I'll be rooting for them. In case you haven't noticed, I'm somewhat of a Giants fan. So another shot at the A's in a Bay Bridge 2.0 Series would be ideal. UPDATE/SOMETHING I WISH I WROTE ORIGINALLY: I remember hearing a brief anecdote about the NASA engineers in the '60s, and it went something like this: they were too young and stupid to realize getting to the moon was impossible. Seems like the same attitude may apply here.
*Those poor, poor Rangers. After losing 2 World Series in a row (with the 2nd one being perhaps the worst WS loss in history), the only time during the entire 2012 season they were NOT in first place was at the end of the last game. If they don't win this play-in game against the Orioles...man, it's just agonizing. UPDATE: Yes. Agonizing indeed.
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