As the Cleveland Indians racked up win after win, I watched with amusement, appreciation, then apprehension, and now, finally, at 19 wins in a row, pure dread.
Like most A's fans, I regard the team's American League record 20 game win streak in 2002 as that era’s signature achievement.
The Streak was the most improbable of events. The 2001 A's were a juggernaut, clicking on all cylinders, then losing in spectacularly heartbreaking fashion to the Damn Yankees. In the offseason, they lost the AL MVP in Jason Giambi, also to the freakin Yankees, thanks to the notoriously tight purse strings of owners Steve Schott and Ken Hoffman.