Meet the 2013 Oakland A's. Oakland: Where a Cuban defector can become a Home Run Derby champion.
Where a 27-year-old third baseman who's never played a full season and is scared of curveballs can become a legit MVP candidate.
Whose right-fielder has an arm that would make Tom Emanski's palms sweat.
And who celebrates like this.
They've hit the most home runs in baseball since the All-Star break.
And their pitching rotation is anchored by an incredibly tubby, scientifically enhanced 40-year-old.
The 2013 Oakland A's are a team whose rotted barn of a stadium can make overflowed sewage a national story.
Just another day at the Coliseum. Sewage mess still being cleaned up in A's dugout
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Just another day at the Coliseum. Sewage mess still being cleaned up in A's dugout
But that's why you keep the garden hose nearby, for both cleanup and division title celebrations.
These A's are a team that hazes rookies by dressing them up as superheroes and TV characters.
Thanks to @JaneMLB, Sonny Gray makes a good Robin. Sadly, no Batman.
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Winner winner! Nate Freiman as Marge Simpson
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Winner winner! Nate Freiman as Marge Simpson
These Oakland A's are run by Billy Beane, who still resembles his 1999 self.
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And of course there's the whole Brad Pitt thing.
$2 Wednesdays are the best-kept secret in the Bay Area.
These A's have won 90-plus games in back-to-back seasons and are poised to (maybe, finally, FOR THE LOVE OF EVERYTHING THAT IS HOLY) make their first World Series since 1990.
But even if it doesn't happen (again!), they'll be plenty fun to watch.
