ST. LOUIS — A respected baseball man was the manager; a respected baseball mind ran the front office. The team made the playoffs three consecutive seasons. In the third season, the team went on a historic winning streak that enraptured a city and, really, all of baseball. But after the season, the manager was fired. Philosophical differences.
This, of course, is the story of … the 2002 Oakland A’s.
They even made a movie about it (the book was better, though).
