The 2016 Oakland A's were one of the first teams that Parker ever followed. They weren't very good, but they were full of interesting players with names like Coco and Dull, not to mention Rzepczynski and Wendleken.

They lost 93 games, but many of their players went on to be World Champions and Superstars on other teams while others faded away, some for years before returning to MLB and some forever.

Parker explains how a kid from Texas became enchanted with a struggling team in Oakland, California and why he's nostalgic about the team enough for us to make a trip to O.co Coliseum this summer.

Sources for this episode include:

Baseball-Reference.com: The 2016 Oakland A's

Our eyes (No Link) and Brains (No Link)

True Tails of the Big Leagues is a Seldom Used Reserve Podcast and is narrated by Marty Coleman and he is joined this week by Parker Coleman. 

Co-executive producers are Parker Coleman and Marty Coleman.

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