Gifts for Athletics Fans
The Oakland Athletics have one of the richest traditions in baseball — Reggie Jackson, Rickey Henderson, the Bash Brothers, Moneyball — and the 2006 ALDS sweep of the Twins was one of the last great playoff moments from their Oakland era, before the franchise relocated.
Athletics — 2006 ALDS · Game 3
The Oakland Athletics had Barry Zito, Frank Thomas, and one of the last great Billy Beane rosters from the Moneyball era. In the 2006 ALDS, they swept the Minnesota Twins in three straight games, with Game 3 at the Oakland Coliseum closing it out. The sweep set up a confrontation with the Detroit Tigers in the ALCS — and the scorecard from Game 3 shows the complete line: every at-bat, every out, the pitching lines that shut down Minnesota.
A 300-DPI print-ready digital file, emailed within 24 hours. A signature Oakland A's postseason moment — documented exactly as it happened.
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The Moneyball A's legacy
The early 2000s Oakland A's — built by Billy Beane and chronicled in Michael Lewis's Moneyball — are one of the most celebrated front-office stories in sports history. The team went to the ALDS four straight years from 2000 to 2003 and won each time. The 2006 squad was a continuation of that run: deep pitching, disciplined hitting, and a roster built to compete on a limited budget. The sweep of Minnesota was a final flourish before the franchise's long transition period began.
A franchise worth remembering
Athletics fans across Oakland, Sacramento, and anywhere the green and gold diaspora has scattered carry genuine love for this franchise. The Reggie Jackson years. The 1972-1974 three-peat. The Bash Brothers. The streak in 2002. If the 2006 ALDS isn't their game, Field & Ink can find the one that is — from any era of A's baseball.
Any Athletics game, any era
Field & Ink builds scorecards for Oakland/Sacramento Athletics games from across the full 100-year catalog. Any year from Reggie to Rickey to the Bash Brothers to Moneyball to today. Use the Game Finder to name their game →
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