No, I didn’t fall asleep with my head on the keyboard causing it to type “control V” repeatedly. The 2024 Oakland A’s had a great July 3 times over and it could reverberate throughout the “known Sacramento years” to come.
1. Great July Record Reminiscent Of 2017
It’s tempting to draw comparisons between the 2024 A’s and the 2017 A’s but when you look at the differences, in some ways what the 2024 A’s did in July is more impressive. The 2017 A’s, coming off dreary 2015 and 2016 seasons and more of the same the first half of 2017, began their return to goodness-leading-to-greatness with the arrivals of Matt Chapman and Matt Olson.