Hey, why don't we commemorate the A's final moments in Oakland and with the treasure of my regard by listing the all-time Oakland Athletics team as selected by me based on a criteria of how much joy these players brought to me and nothing else? Good? Good.

I can tell you that I thought the As baseball cards always looked the best

My favorite moment in this thread was me yelling "PHIL'S CHEATING" to no one in particular on your Dave Parker entry, then you tweet (uh, bleet?) that, yes, you're cheating lol

The rules: I'm only picking A's since 1982 -- when my family moved back to the Bay Area. On the bright side, it gives us 42 years to work with. On the downside, no players from the 71-75 glory years. Sorry, Campy, Rollie and Reggie, should have won stuff when I wasn't an infant.