What a week. By the end of yesterday, the front page of Athletics Nation consisted of the following: the A’s were knocked out of the playoffs, two Hall of Famers died, here’s a list of all the free agents who are leaving, and also Billy Beane is leaving. And that was only Monday.
Rather than sit in the doldrums, let’s balance out that misery with a look on the bright side. The 2020 season was a weird one in a lot of ways, but most notably because it was shortened to just over one-third the length at 60 games.