The Major League Baseball season is long, at six months and 162 games. It can feel even longer when you’re following a rebuilding team, like A’s fans have done the last two years. It’s important to stop and appreciate the finer moments when they come along.
This is one of those moments. Oakland hosted the Tigers over the weekend, and in each of the final two games they broke Detroit closer Francisco Rodriguez for a 9th-inning comeback and a walk-off win.
This is K-Rod we’re talking about. The guy who helped lead the Angels to a World Series title, albeit in doing so he prevented the Giants from winning but stay focused here.