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I want to change the conversation

I want to change the narrative

I want to end the jokes

I want to make the smug eat their own faces

I want the small market moniker and excuse to die

I want the truth to sound different:

Hopeful

Exciting

Shatter the belief that we can’t

That we are merely misfits

That we are cute

Or precious

Or interesting

Or novel

Fuck that

We are the Oakland mother fucking A’s

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Baseball is a gift. Since the end of the Civil War, the sport, in various forms, has been a means for people to witness a unique human greatness. It has been been the stage for major and minor social and political movements, enacting positive change in people’s everyday lives, while simultaneously acting as an escape for those for whom the social and political landscape is too toxic and foreboding. Baseball has helped millions of people heal from heart wrenching tragedy, on both national and personal scales. Читать дальше...

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2000 - lose at yankees in game five of alds

2001 - lose at yankees in game five of alds

02 - lose to twins in game five of alds

03 - lose to boston in game five of alds

04 - lose to angels in game 161 - still would have had to win game 162

12 - beat texas* - loser got wild card; not a true elimination game

12 - lose to detroit in game five of alds

13 - lose to detroit in game five of alds

14 - lose at kc in wildcard

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I did this once before, and it was cathartic.

In this post, do not read any posts. Period. Just write a post venting about the post season, or your ex, or the weather, or whatever you need off your chest.

Seriously. If you read and get offended, that's on you, not the poster.

2020 can't come soon enough!

Did you read comments?

• Yes
• No
• I plead the 5th

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The Oakland Athletics lost the 2019 American League Wild Card Game to the Tampa Bay Rays by a score of 5-1. More than 54,000 fans were in attendance at the Oakland Coliseum to watch the loss, but if you weren’t there, don’t worry — you’ve seen this one before.

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The A’s are running out of time. Rookie Jesús Luzardo has kept Oakland in the game with three dominant innings of relief, but the offense hasn’t been able to scratch another run across and now the team is down to its final six outs, trailing 5-1. But just ask the Milwaukee Brewers and Washington Nationals — this game isn’t over until the 27th out has been recorded! One last time, it’s a...

Darren Yamashita-USA TODAY Sports

The first half of this game hasn’t gone as planned for Oakland, but Yusmeiro Petit has kept the team in it (save for one mistake to Tommy Pham) and the offense is making Charlie Morton work hard. The A’s trail 5-1 heading into the bottom of the fifth, but they’re still within striking distance. Sounds like it’s time for another...

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The Rays are up 3-0 early on home runs by Yandy Diaz and Avisail Garcia, and the A’s left the bases loaded in the bottom half of the first inning. But they worked Charlie Morton for 32 pitches and it’s never too early for a...

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We made it. After six months and 162 games, the Oakland A’s entire season comes down to tonight. They’ll host the Tampa Bay Rays in the American League Wild Card Game in front of a sold-out Coliseum — including Mount Davis. The winner moves on to face Houston in the ALDS on Friday. The loser goes home, season over.