When they were losing and losing, Billy Beane was being vilified, ostracized, mocked, etc. When they kept winning and winning, Art Howe (who HATED the system Beane implemented) was getting all the praise from announcers......
not true. Art Howe was portrayed unfairly and if you see some of the clips he actually approves of what happens. Moneyball just made Art a villain because of dramatic purposes, but Art did like Billy's system. He did get too much credit for it though
Art Howe was fine with the idea of moneyball. He had conflict with Beane, because Beane traded away pretty much everybody and only gave him a one-year deal. The movie tries to create additional story by exasperating the tension between Howe and Beane.
magical run for sure i watched most of them on TV but they weren't all misfit toys they had three 20-game winners, a great defensive infield and 3 all-stars in Zito, Chavez and Tejada who were all A's system guys not free agent castaways.
Joey Jones well they were just young. Most were coming up through the system, unproven, and had just lost 3 of their best players. They became good through this team. Much the same with the oakland teams since that point. They have a good young team from the farm system, maybe a few acquisitions here and there, and every few years can do something special.
Lol, no kidding. Im an Angels fan, so I obviously remember this Oakland team well. The Moneyball movie made it seem like Beane grabbed hatteberg and Justice, and boom, they were as good as the yankees. Zero mention about Tejada, MVP candidate. Or Chavez. Dye, etc etc. MOST important....not once is the big 3 mentioned. No offense to the oak offense, but the big 3 is what made the As back then. Not to mention Lilly.
The whole point wasn't that the A's were making a team out of scrubs, it's that they were making a team out of underrated or unknown talented players who the rest of baseball thought as scrubs. Yeah, the scene at the start of spring training showing people making routine errors or pitchers throwing wildly looked like they sucked, but theres another where they're talking about Bradford and Peter says "This guy should be getting 3 Mil a year, we can get him for 200,000."
The Oakland Coliseum is the only multi-sport field in baseball. That's why the A's can't get beyond occasional playoff appearances. The fight over the stadium for the A's is a huge issue here in the Bay Area and the main reason the A's can't hold onto their talent very long.
Those last 3 victories were so exciting. Three walkoffs in a row. And winning the 20th after blowing an 11 run lead. I always rewatch Moneyball to get pumped for baseball season. Have had to watch it twice this year though. Thankful we will actually get some baseball.
Matt Dumas Moneyball only pointed them out for the emotional aspect of the story. The true heart and soul of this team came from the above mentioned players, especially their pitching
just a joke calm down. lol. Just by watching the clips you can see that Tejada and Chavez did much of the grunt work, they were also higher paid for their talents. Only a couple players like Justice, pitchers, etc made more than them. I think tejada was like 4 million, chavez 3, and justice and one of the pitchers 7 million.
@@cameronhasko8870 those characters served a purpose… they were the replacements for the all star caliber players that the A’s had to give up the year prior to free agency due to budget constraints. The whole point of the movie is that they used sabermetrics to find these specific players to fill the gaps offensively. If they had just called up nobodies without a care, the team would’ve performed worse. Instead they were able to get the same average OBP between the players they lost with the players that replaced them. No one was acting like those players were the stars of the team because the point was also that they didn’t need to be. They just needed to… get on base lol. They beat the system in a baseball world where money buys wins by taking all the talent.
As a lifelong A’s fan watching them win these games was awesome. I remember Tejada walking off two straight games (wins 18 & 19). I still get chills watching this. Then I remember the sinking feeling of the Royals rallying only to have Hatty walk it off in the 10th. Never again will this happen in my life time. So amazing!
Im an Angel fan. This Oak run was impressive as hell. Crazy how the Angels kept pace with them. Long time ago so a lot of people have probably forgotten, but the AL West that year was insane. Seattle (Ichiro years) won 93 and didnt make the playoffs....3rd place team that won 93 games... Nobody gave the Angels a chance in October. I always felt the last 2 months of the regular season forged them. Those series against the As were as tight as any other team was going to be. The 2 series against Oakland in September in particular (with a nice Speez walkoff on Sept 12) were awesome to watch. Miss those days. The Angels and As were these two great teams that werent NY or Boston, so nobody paid them attention...even though both gave NY and Boston problems every times.
Sad nobody talks about the Angels amazing run. They were 40 games back the previous year. Kept Pace with the A's. Won 99 games and if course the World Series. Two amazing stories out of the AL West
I loved this Oakland Athletics team, Chavez, Tejada, Zito, Hudson were my favorites....wish i can buy their jerseys again smh My A's are playing hot right now hope it continues all the way through October
It’s really crazy to imagine that this team didn’t even make the World Series let alone win it but regardless to do something like this is absolutely incredible
Man I was in my prime during this streak. Must have caught about 2-3 of these games at the coliseum. I remember every single day of that streak just feeling like a kid in a candy store. Every day was A’s all day. I and my family were consumed by it.
multiple teams have done it but the A's are the most impressive. Billy bean made a 100 win team out of "defective" players. billy still goes by these rules to this day
It sounds maybe a bit stupid, but since i watched the movie "Moneyball" and i´ve read about this season and generally about the Oakland A´s i am a fan. Unfortunately i cannot come to see the games live because i am european but i watch online and wear A´s caps as often i can. And, the september 4th is my birthday.
I became a A's fan in 2002 what a great year for us A's fans we could've won the World Series that year but the Twins got in the way but great season by my A's I miss this team Tim Hudson (Barry Zito) AL Cy Young and Mark Mulder good pitchers and Eric Chavez, Miguel Tejeda David Justice Jermine Dye and more good team
Little Miss Bliss It’s ok, the A’s have a bright future yet again. After all these disappointments and trades, it’s remarkable how the A’s are ahead of their schedule. They are playing way beyond expectations already!
I became a fan in 1989, when I was about 7. My Dad was a Giants fan and my brother was an A's fan and that year it was the Battle of the Bay Bridge Series. That World Series between the A's and Giants is famous because our Loma Prieta Earthquake interrupted the game. Another famous sports moment, albeit a sad one. Ever since then, though, I have been an A's fan. When they started building the team up again after Giambi left for the Yankees and a few other key players left, I saw these young men come together and bring magic back, especially after 9/11, when we, as a nation, were still very raw and unnerved by what had happened the year prior. This streak gave us something happy to think about. It came a time when we needed it most.
What a great team chavez, long, tejada, justice, dye, hatteberg, durham...and the big 3 mulder, hudson and zito...how do u not win a world series with that?
how? you got a team just three games behind YOU...the ANGELS...who were BETTER than the a's......BETTER...all these bastards were so fixated on the bastard a's....meanwhile, a real team, a real team, slowly was winning...winning....and winning.... the a's were beaten' by the twins....while the ANGELS beat the shit outta them...scored TEN runs in an inning in the deciding game....
@@eastbayhwd1987 because no one remembers them. only reason people know who won that year championship is because people search for oaklands A 20 streak.
The heart of money ball era is right up their with the Mariners big 3 of A-Rod, Griffey, and Randy Johnson as teams I can't believe never won a world serious.
I was a big Angels fan back in these days. Man I use to hate our division with the Mariners, Rangers, but I hated when the Athletics came in to town or we went up to Oakland they had a really well set up team it was a tough team to win.
I remember that year. I traveled outside the U.S. The A's were on an 8 winning streak. Later,still outside the U.S. I camed up Baseball on t.v in that country,A's were on an 17th streak win., I couldn't wait to get back home.
20 straight Ws in MLB will never be done again this was definitely legendary moneyball hit it right on the head & usually sports movies can flop on Bop
Zito, Hudson, and Mulder have to be one of the most dominant pitching trios ever. I remember them on the cover of sports illustrated, it's why I started liking the A's.
I lost my s*** when the A's lost that huge lead. I thought that was it. Then I lost it again when Hatteburg hit it out. I wish they had a ton of money like the Yankees. They had so many amazing players and their starting pitching was phenomenal. Lost them all to other teams. Heartbreaking - they could have won some pennants.
I’ve been an A’s fan for a long time, back to the bash brother days when I was a kid. It’s sad the A’s teams have always collapsed in the playoffs over the last 20+ years. Lots of great regular seasons. I think it’s probably due mostly to the fact that moneyball led to the team having less talent than a lot of other teams. Less talent and the moneyball system could win a lot of regular season games against bad teams and 4th and 5th starters. But going up against great talent in 5 game series where they were facing ace pitchers and loaded lineups just about every game, they couldn’t compete.
One thing I wish moneyball would’ve included along with the players they showcased who all played very important roles they also had the MVP Miguel Tejada and the Cy Young Barry Zito on their team.
Chris Pratt is a true inspiration. Former MLB player turned actor
Dylan McLaughlin you're an idiot
Mets Diehard it's a joke
Dylan McLaughlin
True. He also has pet velociraptors.
@VideoFilmGrandpa That wasn't a joke. That was a troll.
You're a mets fan, you dont matter.
How can you not be romantic about baseball?
You’re a Pittsburgh Pirates fan. That’s how.
"So,what do you do? I am a special assistant for Mark Shapiro, so what do you do
Because is boring
ur a fortnite kid thats why
@@OmarYaujar lol I guess you’ve never seen moneyball
We may never lose again
Baseball fan aswell. Rare to see a football(soccer) fan here.😂😅
At least that's what they thought..
When they were losing and losing, Billy Beane was being vilified, ostracized, mocked, etc. When they kept winning and winning, Art Howe (who HATED the system Beane implemented) was getting all the praise from announcers......
Yup. Trust me that no one in the Bay knew ANY of the backbar stuff.
not true. Art Howe was portrayed unfairly and if you see some of the clips he actually approves of what happens. Moneyball just made Art a villain because of dramatic purposes, but Art did like Billy's system. He did get too much credit for it though
@MANCHESTER UNITED and no one cares.
and I never seen a Baseball Fan go to a Soccer page and comment on how boring soccer is. People riot in the stand's because it's so fking boring.
Art Howe was fine with the idea of moneyball. He had conflict with Beane, because Beane traded away pretty much everybody and only gave him a one-year deal. The movie tries to create additional story by exasperating the tension between Howe and Beane.
I don't care if Cleaveland topped Oakland. This streak was more emotional. It's incredible how they celebrate each victory
They also didn’t have a movie made about their streak, and it probably won’t be done, so boohoo for them.
Kevin E. That’s cool...we have Major League...
Luiz Sanches without a doubt!
Luiz Sanches it was also more impressive. They didn’t have the amount of stars on their team as the A’s
Josh Lanci that's true, this A's team did have Miguel Tejada
I like how not many fans in the seats in the beginning then packed house at the end. What a run for those misfit toys.
magical run for sure i watched most of them on TV but they weren't all misfit toys they had three 20-game winners, a great defensive infield and 3 all-stars in Zito, Chavez and Tejada who were all A's system guys not free agent castaways.
As a lifelong A’s fan, witnessing this streak was amazing.
That walk off homer will always give me chills. One of the best scenes in movie history and one of the best moments in baseball history.
Moneyball made it seem as if this team was made up of part-time appliance salesmen and amputees. These A's actually had a very good roster.
Joey Jones the movie didn't mention how good this pitching was
Joey Jones well they were just young. Most were coming up through the system, unproven, and had just lost 3 of their best players. They became good through this team. Much the same with the oakland teams since that point. They have a good young team from the farm system, maybe a few acquisitions here and there, and every few years can do something special.
Lol, no kidding.
Im an Angels fan, so I obviously remember this Oakland team well. The Moneyball movie made it seem like Beane grabbed hatteberg and Justice, and boom, they were as good as the yankees.
Zero mention about Tejada, MVP candidate. Or Chavez. Dye, etc etc.
MOST important....not once is the big 3 mentioned. No offense to the oak offense, but the big 3 is what made the As back then. Not to mention Lilly.
you need to re watch the film if that's what you remember.
The whole point wasn't that the A's were making a team out of scrubs, it's that they were making a team out of underrated or unknown talented players who the rest of baseball thought as scrubs. Yeah, the scene at the start of spring training showing people making routine errors or pitchers throwing wildly looked like they sucked, but theres another where they're talking about Bradford and Peter says "This guy should be getting 3 Mil a year, we can get him for 200,000."
It's amazing that the A's did something that the Yankees never did
matt13r1 Well, the 1947 Yankees won 19 straight, the '02 A's won an extra game though
Timmy Sullivan exactly. So the Yankees have never done it
@@andrewrchooven1996 Yes, that was my point
The A's don't have as much money as the Yankees though
@@foldinchair5808 I know huh??? how pathetic for the yankees that a "poor" team like the A's still managed to do this unlike the rich Yankees lmao
A streak so big, they used the stadium's FOOTBALL capacity for that 20th game.
no
dawox23 yeah they did lol. u can tell, they always have the upper deck covered... that was full
Nope.
A E yeah lol, top deck is always covered... I've been there... not covered here
The Oakland Coliseum is the only multi-sport field in baseball. That's why the A's can't get beyond occasional playoff appearances. The fight over the stadium for the A's is a huge issue here in the Bay Area and the main reason the A's can't hold onto their talent very long.
Those last 3 victories were so exciting. Three walkoffs in a row. And winning the 20th after blowing an 11 run lead. I always rewatch Moneyball to get pumped for baseball season. Have had to watch it twice this year though. Thankful we will actually get some baseball.
When Billy Beane was a 🐐
0 ring...
Zito's curve was insane. I miss finesse pitchers like him.
This team was stacked. Dye, Durham, Chavez, Tejada, Zito, Mulder, Hudson, and Byrnes were all very good to great players.
How dare you! The teams stars were Chad Bradford, Scott Hatteberg, David Justice, and Ricardo Rincón!
Matt Dumas Moneyball only pointed them out for the emotional aspect of the story. The true heart and soul of this team came from the above mentioned players, especially their pitching
just a joke calm down. lol. Just by watching the clips you can see that Tejada and Chavez did much of the grunt work, they were also higher paid for their talents. Only a couple players like Justice, pitchers, etc made more than them. I think tejada was like 4 million, chavez 3, and justice and one of the pitchers 7 million.
@@cameronhasko8870 those characters served a purpose… they were the replacements for the all star caliber players that the A’s had to give up the year prior to free agency due to budget constraints. The whole point of the movie is that they used sabermetrics to find these specific players to fill the gaps offensively. If they had just called up nobodies without a care, the team would’ve performed worse. Instead they were able to get the same average OBP between the players they lost with the players that replaced them. No one was acting like those players were the stars of the team because the point was also that they didn’t need to be. They just needed to… get on base lol. They beat the system in a baseball world where money buys wins by taking all the talent.
As a lifelong A’s fan watching them win these games was awesome. I remember Tejada walking off two straight games (wins 18 & 19). I still get chills watching this. Then I remember the sinking feeling of the Royals rallying only to have Hatty walk it off in the 10th. Never again will this happen in my life time. So amazing!
When the a’s are good it’s really special. They have such an electric to them. Hard to explain.
Who’s here when the A’s are on a 11 game winning streak
13 now
That 20th game was unbelievable. It played out like a movie. Only 1 word can explain how that happened and that word is "Baseball".
Im an Angel fan. This Oak run was impressive as hell. Crazy how the Angels kept pace with them. Long time ago so a lot of people have probably forgotten, but the AL West that year was insane. Seattle (Ichiro years) won 93 and didnt make the playoffs....3rd place team that won 93 games...
Nobody gave the Angels a chance in October. I always felt the last 2 months of the regular season forged them. Those series against the As were as tight as any other team was going to be. The 2 series against Oakland in September in particular (with a nice Speez walkoff on Sept 12) were awesome to watch.
Miss those days. The Angels and As were these two great teams that werent NY or Boston, so nobody paid them attention...even though both gave NY and Boston problems every times.
Sad nobody talks about the Angels amazing run. They were 40 games back the previous year. Kept Pace with the A's. Won 99 games and if course the World Series. Two amazing stories out of the AL West
My favorite part of this whole video is the guy at 0:07 who throws the ball so vigorously, he flips end over end.
It's a pretty common power throw in mlb
That was Shannon Stewart of the Toronto Blue Jays
I can’t believe in 3 years will be the 20th anniversary of this amazing streak
I can't believe it's been 3 years. Welcome to 2022.
@@konroh2 we really out here a month away
hearing Greg Papa and Ken Korach call these games is great nostalgia
I loved this Oakland Athletics team, Chavez, Tejada, Zito, Hudson were my favorites....wish i can buy their jerseys again smh
My A's are playing hot right now hope it continues all the way through October
hudson mulder zito, one of the nastiest top 3 of a rotation i can think of. just wow.
Jermaine Dye and Miguel Tejada yikes man
Lmao
Maddux, Glavine, Smoltz
That A’s team was low-key stacked with memorable names
Can't help but smile and tear up at the Scott Hatteberg HR
Eric Chavez was the BEST 3B during those years both offensively and defensively.. Chavez and Tejada the most dangerous duo in that era.
It’s really crazy to imagine that this team didn’t even make the World Series let alone win it but regardless to do something like this is absolutely incredible
And here we are today, as the Oakland A’s are currently 20-60.
Man I was in my prime during this streak. Must have caught about 2-3 of these games at the coliseum. I remember every single day of that streak just feeling like a kid in a candy store. Every day was A’s all day. I and my family were consumed by it.
The As liked the movie Moneyball so much, they went and trained by winning 20 straight games in Major League Baseball. Amazing.
Remember following this streak with my Dad
Just good memories together
multiple teams have done it but the A's are the most impressive. Billy bean made a 100 win team out of "defective" players. billy still goes by these rules to this day
Nick Perez Bullshit.
Cook 1776 explain to me why it's bullshit.
Nick Perez
No AL team had done it up to that point.
@@allkindsofgains8012 you're bullshit
This right here... I remember every single game especially remember the Detroit series watch at home
Gosh the team I grew up watching. Let's go Oakland!
It sounds maybe a bit stupid, but since i watched the movie "Moneyball" and i´ve read about this season and generally about the Oakland A´s i am a fan. Unfortunately i cannot come to see the games live because i am european but i watch online and wear A´s caps as often i can. And, the september 4th is my birthday.
“Crazy. Just plain crazy.”
If Miggy would hit Dat vs Minnesota n gm5 intake been colossal
went to a few of those games. man the excitement. every game was a nail biter; so much fun!
Many good times, and cherished memories with friends and family, at the Oakland Coliseum! Going to miss it.
Got chills. Great vid!
If I wanted to relive this I'll just watch Moneyball
Evan Quinteli one of my favs
Evan Quinteli phenomenal movie
Evan Quinteli It's a must watch for baseball fans
Evan Quinteli Absolutely definitely one of my favorite movies
It's not accurate enough. The movie never mentions the starting big three they had for pitching (Zito, Mulder, Hudson), nor Tejada or Koch.
When the streak started Cingular was still a phone carrier.
Behind this success was simply incredible! They didn’t have money but still had faith in them
RIP Bill King one of the best baseball announcers Holy Toledo!!
always give me chills..
You didn’t include Billy King’s “Holy Toledo” after the A’s blew an 11-0 lead? C’mon man!
what an incredible moment in baseball
If it isn't historic already, they won that last game on the day I was born.
lcrossmk8
Lucky
really? nice. well it is my birthday too, but i was born decades ago.
And are you 20 now? Lol
The Tribe's 22 in a row last year will never be broken, simply EPIC!
It jus wasn't Oakland but dats it but props too
This A's team sure got on base alot.
Chills every time
Wow, that is just unbelievable.
I became a A's fan in 2002 what a great year for us A's fans we could've won the World Series that year but the Twins got in the way but great season by my A's I miss this team Tim Hudson
(Barry Zito) AL Cy Young and Mark Mulder good pitchers and Eric Chavez, Miguel Tejeda David Justice Jermine Dye and more good team
Little Miss Bliss It’s ok, the A’s have a bright future yet again. After all these disappointments and trades, it’s remarkable how the A’s are ahead of their schedule. They are playing way beyond expectations already!
I became a fan in 1989, when I was about 7. My Dad was a Giants fan and my brother was an A's fan and that year it was the Battle of the Bay Bridge Series. That World Series between the A's and Giants is famous because our Loma Prieta Earthquake interrupted the game. Another famous sports moment, albeit a sad one. Ever since then, though, I have been an A's fan. When they started building the team up again after Giambi left for the Yankees and a few other key players left, I saw these young men come together and bring magic back, especially after 9/11, when we, as a nation, were still very raw and unnerved by what had happened the year prior. This streak gave us something happy to think about. It came a time when we needed it most.
I miss those days
What a great team chavez, long, tejada, justice, dye, hatteberg, durham...and the big 3 mulder, hudson and zito...how do u not win a world series with that?
Homar De La Torre Ask the Braves
how? you got a team just three games behind YOU...the ANGELS...who were BETTER than the a's......BETTER...all these bastards were so fixated on the bastard a's....meanwhile, a real team, a real team, slowly was winning...winning....and winning.... the a's were beaten' by the twins....while the ANGELS beat the shit outta them...scored TEN runs in an inning in the deciding game....
I was so emotionally pissed off when we lost to the twins in the post season...that team was better than the twins and we lost to them
@@graciemaemarie11jones16 LMAO damn, you're hella butthurt. The Angels won the World Series that season, and you still find a reason to be mad.
@@eastbayhwd1987 because no one remembers them.
only reason people know who won that year championship is because people search for oaklands A 20 streak.
*Great job, Paul.*
The heart of money ball era is right up their with the Mariners big 3 of A-Rod, Griffey, and Randy Johnson as teams I can't believe never won a world serious.
R.I.P. Bill King
What an Oakland Legend… Holy Toledo!
Good memories thank u.Go A's
Unforgetable year
I never understood what people meant when they said they get chills from watching memorable things
Until now
Yea I chills watching moneyball congrats lmao
I was at game 1 game 20 and as a teen this is a special memory
Wow !!! What a run !!! 👍👌✌️😎
Great summer to be an A’s fan.
Greatest video! #RootedInOakland GO A’S!!
I was a big Angels fan back in these days. Man I use to hate our division with the Mariners, Rangers, but I hated when the Athletics came in to town or we went up to Oakland they had a really well set up team it was a tough team to win.
This why I love baseball.
It was well worth a movie to immortalize
This is such a crazy story man.
Amazing they started the final quarter of the season (42 games) with a 20 game win streak...finshed 34-8 to end the regualr season
As an A's fan I hope the Indians get to 20+. I remember the A's streak and know how it feels. Enjoy. Good luck in the playoffs.
They’re all we have left in Oakland 👍🏾
Sensacional!!!! O A's merece muito ser campeão!!!
Eric Chavez really was something else
Those were the days...wow! I watch this every time I need an A's boost! Tejada sure looked juiced back then but so did alot of other players! Lol
Bill King! Wow what a streak
Justice has been served!!!!
What a time to be an A’s fan. I bought my bootleg shirt. 👕 gonna miss these guys.
As a mets fan i can truly say i embrace the A's definitely a team i root for!! I hope they get one!!
I remember that year. I traveled outside the U.S. The A's were on an 8 winning streak. Later,still outside the U.S. I camed up Baseball on t.v in that country,A's were on an 17th streak win., I couldn't wait to get back home.
I’m 10 years late but finally got a chance to watch Moneyball. Thanks for making this video.
20 straight Ws in MLB will never be done again this was definitely legendary moneyball hit it right on the head & usually sports movies can flop on Bop
Greatest moment in A's history since they won the WS in the 80s
Must have been fun being an A's fan that season!
Zito, Hudson, and Mulder have to be one of the most dominant pitching trios ever. I remember them on the cover of sports illustrated, it's why I started liking the A's.
Everybody forgets Cory Lidle. He pitched 30 1/3 innings during that 20 game stretch and only gave up 1 earned run. He was really good.
22 by Cleveland in 2017 was Epic!
1:59 What a play
Amazing
Ricardo Rincon lifted this 2002 team🤣
I love 💘n 2000 when Hudson flashed on Texas n won division
Watch how the crowd gets bigger and bigger. The closer to 20 they get 👍
I lost my s*** when the A's lost that huge lead. I thought that was it. Then I lost it again when Hatteburg hit it out.
I wish they had a ton of money like the Yankees. They had so many amazing players and their starting pitching was phenomenal. Lost them all to other teams. Heartbreaking - they could have won some pennants.
There has to be a fan out there that went to every game and can explain to the “T” of the emotions felt.
Bill king on the play by play ❤️ green and gold forever
The A's always seem to make it interesting. Case in point, the start to the 2021 season.
I’ve been an A’s fan for a long time, back to the bash brother days when I was a kid. It’s sad the A’s teams have always collapsed in the playoffs over the last 20+ years. Lots of great regular seasons. I think it’s probably due mostly to the fact that moneyball led to the team having less talent than a lot of other teams. Less talent and the moneyball system could win a lot of regular season games against bad teams and 4th and 5th starters. But going up against great talent in 5 game series where they were facing ace pitchers and loaded lineups just about every game, they couldn’t compete.
Almost half way there again!!
One thing I wish moneyball would’ve included along with the players they showcased who all played very important roles they also had the MVP Miguel Tejada and the Cy Young Barry Zito on their team.