I had gotten quite comfortable the last few seasons enjoying the A’s. Sure, those seasons continued to end in familiar heartbreak, but I has just gotten used to following a relevant team. I had gotten used to actually caring about watching MLB Network shows and watching games and tweeting about this and that, but that just all faded away.
But this year, by early summer, I found myself pretty much checked out. There were a few things that reeled me back in, like the trade deadline and the return of Barry Zito.