Series Preview: The A’s are at it again

Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/Getty ImagesThe A’s swept the Yankees this week and took three out of four from the Astros. That’s not nothing. Those are two of the best teams in baseball, and the A’s made it look easy. In last week’s series preview, I mentioned:

So, the A’s are fine. The A’s are always fine. And they’re going to need these wins against the Giants to keep it all going. They’re well-managed, play great defense, and they have the Bay Bridge Trophy, which should be all the fire they need to play hard to hold onto it another year.

I can’t stress enough how little the Bridge Trophy matters to anyone outside the A’s marketing department, but a two-game sweep of the Giants this Players’…