Happy Monday, Athletics Nation!
For the first time this season, the A’s gave us a thoroughly enjoyable weekend of baseball. Maybe they will be better on the road this season, playing in front of bigger crowds of fans who aren’t heartbroken about the impending loss of their teams.
It will be interesting how the tension between wanting to boycott MLB’s worst ownership and the urge to savor the final moments of Oakland A’s baseball plays out as the days get longer and the end of a five decades-plus era approaches.
The A’s got their first series win of 2024 with gutsy shutout performances on the mound from Paul Blackburn and Joe Boyle, and big at-bats from Brent Rooker and Zack Gelof, who are both heating up at the plate after slow starts to the season.