A World Series ring? A win in a clinching ALDS game? A division crown? Contention? OK fine, it came down to this. “All I want for my birthday this year is to wake up to a 20-win team!!!!”
Well that only took a week.
I was born on a June 24th many moons ago, and I attribute my fandom to the fact that the day I was born the A’s won for the only time from the 19th to the 27th as they were losing 8 of 9. But they took one day off from their ineptitude to make sure I (literally) came out a winner.