Yes and no. To fans, every series brings cries that “OK, this is big series. Tonight’s game is huge...” when in fact the grind of 162 games leaves each contest, each series, just a square in the elaborate quilt that is a long season.
How important are these upcoming 7 games at Minnesota and Houston? No doubt it will be big if the A’s go 6-1 or if they go 1-6. But if the week yields 3 or 4 wins, 3 or 4 losses, the A’s will push on business as usual, roughly in the same position they are today only with 7 fewer games left on the schedule.