We are deep into October. The Yankees and Red Sox have been sent home, but the Oakland Athletics are still thrilling fans on a nightly basis. Itâ??s the 2002 Aâ??s, not 2011, and their exploits can be seen only on a dwindling number of movie screens. But we Aâ??s fans (Iâ??ve been one since the early 1970s) take what we can get.
