After years of failure to get past the first round of the playoffs, the A’s finally broke through against the White Sox to reach the ALDS. Not only that but they will now face the Astros, who have been their primary road block to winning the division for the past few seasons.
That road block was torn apart in 2020 though as Oakland won the AL West thanks to an Astros team that was overwhelmingly deficient in the season that COVID built. This series will be a chance at catharsis for the A’s, who will have the opportunity to take down a team that has kept them from the division crown the past two years.