Giambi and the A's

Good article. Per Johnny Damon, the 2001 A's were "So good, it was scary."

Yup. But three game playoff series are easy to lose. Especially to those Damn Yankees when Jeter made the luckiest defensive play in history to swing the momentum of the series.

Also - remember - this was Ichiro's first year in the league and the Mariner's went berserk, winning 117 games...