2022 was always going to be a rebuilding year bereft of some of the finer things in life, such as “wins”. But it was a time of rebirth, watching young players develop, “seeing what we’ve got,” separating the wheat from the chaff as it were.
Then the A’s forgot not to play old guys named Stephen, put on the wrong glasses and accidentally mistook Jed Lowrie for a designated hitter, and continued to lose with over the hill bad players instead of losing with the next generation of future winners.
This week Oakland is finally taking the plunge.