SEYIBLOG

Perhaps no team I've done before or will do down the road was ever more forgotten in the sands of time than this team: the 2001 Oakland Athletics. The days of McGwire, Canseco, and Henderson were long gone obviously. And Oakland did it with a great young farm system of Tim Hudson, Mark Mulder, and Barry Zito for the arms while you had Jason Giambi, Eric Chavez, and Miguel Tejada leading away with the bats. And there was something brewing in Oaktown when the Athletics put these guys out on the field. In 2000 Oakland won the AL West, but fell short to their East Coast Enemy Yankees in 5 and in a fight. But people were encouraged by the prospects of what was about to come. Giambi won MVP, Tejada and Chavez were both up-and-coming stars, Hudson, Mulder, and Zito were Cy Young candidates year in and year out while having many believe it was Maddux-Glavine-Smoltz 2.0. With Seattle losing Alex Rodriguez to free agency, many had the A's penned to win the AL West with ease. Whic