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Sorry for not keeping y'all updated on Works in Progress for this one. Was so darn busy making the thing. Please enjoy 24 minutes of Baseball Bits action, featuring some player interviews as well! 

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

Use code FOOLISH50 to get 50% off your first Factor box at https://bit.ly/3IsnN7U Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/foolishbaseball Twitter: https://twitter.com/FoolishBB ______________________________________________________________ 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- _________________________________________________________ Listen to Baseball Bar-B-Cast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/baseball-bar-b-cast/id1646489931 Soundtrack by William Kage: https://williamkage.com/

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Robert Tomlinson

I'd love to know where you got that press hat from. I'd love to know so I can get one of my own - it's a nice touch.

Joshua Iversen

I've been meaning to join the Patreon forever, but this one was the kick I needed. The 2012 A's got me hooked on baseball and led me to where I am today, and I feel like this video was created just for me, especially given how rough A's fans have had it this year. Thank you Bailey, excellent work as always!

Peyton Smith

Clean moonwalk to the fridge Bailey. Once again though, amazing work in the mind of Mr. Baseball

August Schutte

A great video, but what really got me was "maybe it makes you feel apart of a community" and switching to the Detroit Tigers celebration. Yeah, we suck, but we are going to win atleast 40 games a year and when we win each one, it feels like the top of the world. I'll never forget our broadcaster crying and said "Bless you boys" after the combined no-hitter, really sums up our emotions towards this team. Sorry for the lengthy comment, the video was great and I loved watching it