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Missed the playoffs

Athletics fans closed a 64-98 season grieving Oakland more than following baseball, with misery pinned at 100 in the final week. Many have checked out entirely, refusing to support the team in Sacramento and mourning a part of themselves they say is gone.

From Reddit fan threads · through Sep 21–27 · 64-98

Season misery
88Despair
Worst week
100May 25–31
Best week
0Jun 1–7
Mar 23–29: misery 86 (Despair) · 0-3Mar 30–Apr 5: misery 99 (Despair) · 3-3Apr 6–12: misery 66 (Miserable) · 5-1Apr 20–26: misery 93 (Despair) · 4-2Apr 27–May 3: misery 93 (Despair) · 3-3May 4–10: misery 93 (Despair) · 3-3May 11–17: misery 99 (Despair) · 2-4May 18–24: misery 89 (Despair) · 4-3May 25–31: misery 100 (Despair) · 1-5Jun 1–7: misery 0 (Euphoric) · 3-3Jun 8–14: misery 96 (Despair) · 4-2Jun 22–28: misery 99 (Despair) · 2-4Jul 6–12: misery 82 (Despair) · 0-6Jul 20–26: misery 100 (Despair) · 2-4Aug 17–23: misery 100 (Despair) · 2-5Aug 31–Sep 6: misery 100 (Despair) · 4-3Sep 21–27: misery 99 (Despair) · 3-33/234/205/186/157/138/109/710/5
Weekly misery, Monday to Sunday. Above the line is miserable; below is happy.

Storylines

what fans talked about, week by week
Came and went
  • In the final week, fans shared deeply personal grief over losing the A's in Oakland, tying it to lost parents, childhood memories and passing the Coliseum on BART.

    “I was over it. Then my wife showed me a picture of us during the last year.  Made me depressed again”

    ▲ 22Sep 21–27

angry / anxioushappy / hopefulsplitbigger dot = louder

  1. —Oct 26–Nov 1out
  2. —Oct 19–25out
  3. —Oct 12–18out
  4. —Oct 5–11out
  5. —Sep 28–Oct 4out
  6. 99Sep 21–273-3›
  7. —Sep 14–200-6›
  8. —Sep 7–134-2›
  9. 100Aug 31–Sep 64-3›
  10. —Aug 24–302-4›
  11. 100Aug 17–232-5›
  12. —Aug 10–162-4›
  13. —Aug 3–92-4›
  14. —Jul 27–Aug 21-6›
  15. 100Jul 20–262-4›
  16. —Jul 13–191-2›
  17. 82Jul 6–120-6›
  18. —Jun 29–Jul 51-5›
  19. 99Jun 22–282-4›
  20. —Jun 15–213-4›
  21. 96Jun 8–144-2›
  22. 0Jun 1–73-3›
  23. 100May 25–311-5›
  24. 89May 18–244-3›
  25. 99May 11–172-4›
  26. 93May 4–103-3›
  27. 93Apr 27–May 33-3›
  28. 93Apr 20–264-2›
  29. —Apr 13–193-4›
  30. 66Apr 6–125-1›
  31. 99Mar 30–Apr 53-3›
  32. 86Mar 23–290-3›