If the Oakland A’s last 10-game win streak in 2006 is any kind of precursor of things to come this season, then the 2019 Athletics are in for one of the franchises’ best seasons to date.
That year, the A’s reached their only ALCS since 1992, getting swept by the Detroit Tigers, who have knocked the As out of the playoffs three of their last five appearances.
That A’s team was the only one to make the playoffs between 2003 and 2012, and is the only one to advance in the playoffs since 1992. Led by Ken Macha, Oakland won 93 games and took the AL West for the last time in the 2000s.