This
weekend, the Athletics will celebrate the 10 year anniversary of “The Streak” –
which was brought back to life due to the release of “Moneyball” last
September. There aren’t too many better
memories for me beyond the 1989 World Series win and getting there in ’88 and ’90. OK, there aren’t any better memories than “The
Streak” beyond those championship runs.
The
2002 season was a year where things were supposed to fall apart. We just lost Giambi, Damon, etc. and knew
that it was only a matter of time before Tejada was out the door as well. It wasn’t necessarily fun whatsoever. Then it happened, beginning on 8/13/02. “The Streak” continued into September and I
honestly remember Tejada’s home run against the Twins more so than Hatteberg’s
home run to win number 20. Why? I have no idea.
If
you haven’t seen “Moneyball” at this point, you absolutely have to go rent/buy
it. They portray the streak pretty
nicely and show a good amount of “real” footage from the actual games
themselves. Watching the movie and
seeing the sign “We may never lose again” brought back memories of how much fun baseball
can (and should) be.
The A’s have a lot going on
this weekend for the streak, including a night at the park where
they will show the movie on the big screen after the game. That’s pretty awesome in my opinion. There’s a lot of nostalgia in the air this
weekend and I love every second of it.
Not
to be greedy or anything, but it would be nice to pull off a winning streak
half that size over the next few weeks.
Let’s
go Oakland!!
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