OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 01: Liam Hendriks #16 and hitting coach Mark Kotsay #7 of the Oakland Athletics celebrates defeating the Chicago White Sox 6-4 in Game Three of the American League Wild Card Round at RingCentral Coliseum on October 01, 2020 in Oakland, California. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)
The Oakland A’s and Houston Astros are set to face off in the American League Divisional Series. It feels like this meeting was inevitable.
To be the man, you gotta beat the man.
Even though Ric Flair dropped that pearl of wisdom over 30 years ago at this point, the fundamental truth remains – you cannot claim to be the best without beating them.