A-MAZING!

[Auggie]

The team with the lowest payroll in Major League Baseball won the American League Western Division.

Congratulations, Oakland Athletics! First team in MLB history to win a division coming from 5 games behind with 9 or less games remaining in the season.

Bob Melvin is the Coach of the Year. Billy Beane is the Executive of the Year.

[madinmaryland]

1. As El Supremo quietly books his tickets for Baltimore!!

[Jack Rabbit]

2. To really celebrate that, they should beat the Wall Street Yankees

That would really be setting the cosmos in order.

While George Steinbrenner may have made his money in shipping, he's still the asshole who perfected the art of the leveraged buy out of the free agent market. Thus is it his legacy to have his team called the Wall Street Yankees.

[madinmaryland]

3. Shouldn't that be the Wall Street Bankees?

[Auggie]

4. N.Y. played them tough in that last series ...

but considering they went 4-6 in that Tigers/Yankees/Rangers road trip and still caught the Rangers, you have to like their chances. It's great they miss that ridiculously fucked-up one-game wildcard game ... and have a chance to rest.

Have fun, Texas ...



(yeah, right)

[KamaAina]

5. Bay Bridge Series, baby!!

but without the quake this time, please...

[Jack Rabbit]

8. I'm not so sure about that . . .

They may be nothing we can do about an earthquake if the Giants and A's meet in the World Series.

When the two Bay Area team met in the '89 Series it was a great cosmic event. Even the California Earth itself jumped for joy in celebration.

[RockaFowler]

6. Feel good sports story of the year

[TZ]

7. If the Nats play Oakland in the WS

THAT would be the feel good story of the year. Remember Expos/Nats have NEVER been to WS. A's have