Athletics Nation · Oct 10, 2024
Post-Season: Enjoying The A’s By Proxy
No the A’s themselves didn’t quite make the post-season in 2024. It was close but they were barely beaten out by just 3 teams ahead of them in the AL West and those 20 or those nail-biters that went the wrong way.
Still, it’s fun to watch the playoffs and take pleasure in the accomplishments of some former Athletics you can’t help but root for. The one who leaps to mind, even though I am firmly neutral about the success of the New York Mets, is Sean Manaea. On Tuesday, Manaea spun a gem to help lift the Mets into the NLCS, continuing the trend of surprising success of the NL’s #6 seeds since the #6 seed became an actual thing.