Plenty of excitement in the air as the playoffs go the furthest west they’ve ever been. The Athletics do as their IRL counterparts could not, and would come into this series pretty confident of finishing the job. Rightly so, too—they have a top-notch squad with very few obvious shortcomings. In fact, the two groups are incredibly similar and we know we’ve got a real fight on our hands against these guys.
They have plenty of offensive weaponry at their disposal, with Colavito and Altman the biggest of the bunch, while their pitching is rock solid and features a couple of our former clubmen.
If there is one huge factor in our favour it is experience, with the A’s not having been here since the old Philly days in 1939 and few of their players with post-season experience under their belt. Still, they will take a world of beating all the same.
Can we mirror our real-world triumph? Will it be drama-filled? Soon we shall see.