Few sports teams in North America or elsewhere have had as bleak of a 2023 as the Athletics.
Oakland is 10–45, on pace for a 29–133 ledger that would give it MLB’s worst record since 1899. Average game attendance is 8,889, the worst in baseball by a wide margin. The team is openly plotting a move to Las Vegas.
On Sunday, the Athletics’ woes came to a head in the form of a humiliating 10–1 home loss to the Astros—their 11th in a row. With the win, Houston put a bow on a series in which it outscored its once-competitive division rival 21–6.
