The Oakland Athletics are one of the teams people don’t really talk about because they are not that good. The Oakland Athletics are members of the American League West Division. The other teams in that division are the Rangers, Astros, Angels and Mariners. Last year the Oakland Athletics finished last in that division with a record of 68 and 94. That means that they won .420 percent of their games. For a MLB team that is really really bad. The Oakland Athletics were not the best team in the MLB this year but they still had a good year/season. This year they got a lot of new players who are going to need some more experience. The main reason that the Oakland Athletics did this is so that hopefully they will have a great team in 4 years or so. Their first season was in 1901. That season they only won 74 games. That was good enough to make them finish fourth in their division. At that time the Oakland Athletics were know as the Philadelphia Athletics. In 1955 the team moved to Kansas City. That means their name change to the Kansas City Athletics. Ever since 1968 they have been the Oakland Athletics. The Oakland Athletics have won 9 World Series. The last one they won was in 1989. This year the Oakland Athletics did not make it to the Postseason. To be truthful I see the Oakland Athletics making it to the postseason in the next few years. I don’t think they will end up winning a World Series anytime soon though. This is because the Oakland Athletics have good players not great players. Over time the team will get better by buying better players and drafting players from college.
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AuthorI play baseball a lot and love to learn and talk about baseball especially catching since that is my position. The Atlanta Braves are my favorite team. Archives
March 2016
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