I wanted to thank you. I’ve been a fan for over ten years, and this season gave me an adoration for baseball that I have never experienced before. For years we have been the loveable losers of the MLB, only making the playoffs twice since our record setting 116 win season in 2001. But this year was special. Armed with a talented, albeit infuriatingly inconsistent roster, you managed to win your first American League West division title in 24 years and go to the playoffs. And despite all the optimism surrounding the team playing meaningful baseball into October, the season ended in the cruel clutches of the Toronto Blue Jays, one win away from a World Series appearance.
You fell short once again and continued the running joke of being the only team to never make it to the Fall Classic, but the pain will fade. Fall days turn into winter nights until spring blooms and a new baseball season begins. You may be wondering why I care so much about a team that gives me so much hope, only to then crush my dreams every year? Because one day, all the heartbreak might be worth it.
See you next year.
