I don’t know which was more sad: bargaining 19 straight days with a dysfunctional school district to settle a contract after 7 days of striking, or the fact that during those 19 days the Oakland A’s won 5 times — for half of their season total of 10 wins on May 20th.
This weekend the union will ratify the contract for educators, but sadly they cannot vote to reject the A’s 10-36 record. And so the A’s continue on a pace to win 35 games, knowing that had the system not abruptly changed last year they would be looking at the 2nd overall draft pick followed, almost certainly, by the 1st overall pick.