It seems like every five years or so Billy Beane’s will pile together a grab bag of nobodies and they’ll magic genie wish their way into the playoffs. They made a movie about it once. It was cute until it happened at the expense of the Rangers.
This brings a fan of the Rangers to their current rock and a hard place. The Astros are the new annoying. The Mariners should never be rewarded for their general incompetence. The Angels are the literal worst. But the Athletics are perpetually recycled to become plucky and amusing.