The Oakland A’s have six games remaining in their 2020 regular season, before the playoffs begin next Tuesday. And I wouldn’t mind if they lost every one of those final games this week.
Obviously I want the A’s to play well, and I’d like to go into the postseason with as much momentum as possible. But if you’ve watched enough 21st-century Oakland baseball, then you’ve seen some of the hottest September clubs in history fall flat and fail to win a single series in October. Momentum isn’t the crucial factor it’s made out to be, considering how it can turn on a dime at any moment for any reason.