World s Oldest RookieChapter 19 American League Championship Series
You've gotta be good to get into the playoffs, but being lucky helps, too. We had handled the Twins with uncharacteristic ease, and we felt good about it, because they were a tough, tenacious bunch. But even tougher for us, season-long, had been the Oakland A's. Oakland had to face the White Sox in their first-round playoff series, and the Oriole players paid attention, because we had scuffled against Oakland every time we'd faced them, over the past two seasons. Most of the time,...