NEW YORK — There’s a famously profane line near the end of “Moneyball,” the book about the A’s ingenuity, in which Billy Beane lets loose with his postseason frustration.
“My (stuff) doesn’t work in the playoffs. My job is to get us to the playoffs. Whatever happens after that is (flipping) luck,” the A’s top executive says.
Can this group end the curse?
And what about the cursing?
Heading into their wild card game against the New York Yankees on Wednesday, the A’s have lost seven consecutive do-or-die playoff games, tying the modern Cleveland for the longest such streak in major league history.