Last October, Chad Pinder finally had his moment.
After years of operating under the radar as the platoon super-sub who never got a full-time role, he etched his name into Oakland A’s lore forever in the 2020 playoffs. His two-run single served as the ultimate series-winner in the Wild Card Round against the White Sox, and he carried the team to their only victory in an eventual ALDS defeat to the Houston Astros.
Postseason success comes in tiny, unreliable samples by its very definition, and sometimes it doesn’t amount to anything more than a perfectly timed hot streak.