Sept. 30, 2014 is a date A's general manager David Forst wishes he could forget. It nearly has been six years, but Forst still relives the nightmare every single MLB season.
That date represents the 2014 AL Wild Card Game, one in which the A's blew a late lead against the Kansas City Royals on the road and lost, 9-8, at Kauffman Stadium. Forst recently told ESPN's Alden Gonzalez the loss was the "lowest point" of his 20-plus-year career in the A's front office.
"It was brutal, just the way that game played out," Forst told Gonzalez.