The 2012 Oakland A’s Were a Rookie Superteam | Baseball Bits

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The Oakland A's. What a franchise! Not sure if you've heard, but these guys like to win on a budget. They have their competitive windows, and then they trade everyone and start over. Because of this, it's easy to forget how good the good times are during the bad. One good time was the case of the 2012 Oakland Athletics, a rookie superteam featuring the likes of rookie Yoenis Cespedes, Josh Donaldson, Jarrod Parker, and Ryan Cook. Funnily enough, none of them won 2012 Rookie of the Year.

I'll also talk to a couple rookie players on the team, specifically Sean Doolittle and Travis Blackley. That's right old Foolish Baseball, creator of the MLB video essay series Baseball Bits, will be conducting interviews in this one. Funny hat and all. Who knows? Maybe there will even be a surprise cameo from Jake Mintz and Jordan Schusterman of the Cespedes Family BBQ.

There will also be a brief discussion of the Oakland A's relocation rumors. Are the Las Vegas A's viable? I'm not so sure. Personally, I'll side with the fans who organized the reverse boycott game rather than John Fisher. Finally, I promise I won't say Moneyball in this one. WAIT A SEC-

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