Happy Friday, Athletics Nation!
Some of you may recognize the meme check in today’s headline—and its connection to Queen Elizabeth II, who we see greeting players from the last dynasty-caliber A’s roster hearkening back to the days when Walter A. Haas, Jr. was the A’s free-spending, winning-prioritizing owner.
In the 21st century, the A’s have devolved from the cost-effective organization that spurred the Moneyball movement to just being downright cheap, refusing to even make a reasonable extension offer to the likes of Marcus Semien, a heaven-made match for the Oakland A’s if there ever was one.