It seemed settled forever on June 23 of this season that the San Francisco Giants were the Bay Area's best team.

The Giants beat the A's 9-8 that day to clinch the season series and improve to 40-32 for the season. While the A's were playing better than most prognosticators expected, they were only 34-38 at the time—ten games back in the division.

Wh...

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