A's playing like MLB's best team

Yes, the Cardinals are the most complete team in baseball, but the A's appear to be the best team right now.

Originally Published: July 28, 2005
By Joe Morgan | ESPN Insider
• Chat with Joe Morgan: Friday, 11 a.m. ET

In case you hadn't noticed, the Oakland Athletics have the best record in baseball since the All-Star break (11-3).

Going further back, the A's are 38-14 (a winning percentage of .731) since they lost eight straight toward the end of May. Earlier in May, the team had suffered another eight-game losing streak. Oakland went 7-20 in May, including a 4-20 stretch lodged between a May 1 victory and wins on May 30 and 31.

At that time, everyone was saying the A's were done -- except one guy who e-mailed during my weekly ESPN.com chat. He said the A's were still a good team and would recover when they got healthy. That's the only guy I know of who still believed in the A's in May.


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