The 2016 baseball season is over, and for the first time in 108 years the Chicago Cubs are the champions. Back to the Future II was only off by one year. The playoffs have been tough to the Oakland A’s in the last couple decades, but at least I was alive for the team’s most recent title, so I can’t even imagine the feeling of waiting over a century like Cubs fans have. Congrats to Chicago!!
As an A’s fan, here are the Oakland-related things I will take away from this series:
A lot of these observations are going to have to do with former A’s who played big roles, but let’s start on the happiest possible note with Coco Crisp.