The Oakland A’s finished under .500 every year from 1993 to 1998. Leading into the final year of that stretch, Billy Beane was promoted to become the team’s general manager and they had a winning season in 1999. They didn’t have another losing season until 2007 and from that year through 2011, their best season was an 81-81 finish. Then they had three winning seasons in a row before the greatest game I’ve personally ever attended, the 2014 Wild Card Game, knocked them out of the playoffs and then they had three losing seasons in a row before winning posting two straight 97-65 seasons and then a 36-24 season that prorated to 97-65.
Oakland A’s Series Preview: They’ve torn it down and their record shows it
