From The Bash Brothers to The Bernie: How Oakland is Taking the Game by Storm

From The Bash Brothers to The Bernie: How Oakland is Taking the Game by Storm

 

From the beginning of last season the Oakland Athletics have amassed one of the best records in baseball and without a doubt have had the most fun while doing it. Watching this team regularly you can’t help but notice how close everyone is and the camaraderie being off the charts. Their offensive approach was changed by hitting coach Chili Davis and they have reaped the benefits. It’s a lot easier to have fun when you keep going through every team that stands in your way. Also, knowing that you’re never out of a game because you had 15 walk off wins last season between the regular and postseason helps to boost confidence and solidarity.

It all started last year when Coco Crisp changed his walk up music to the song “Bernie Lean” by ATM and IMD. The song is a tribute to the cult classic film “Weekend at Bernie’s.” From that point on whenever something good happened players would do the Bernie Lean and not soon after all the fans followed suit. Catching on like wildfire the dance soon took over Oakland. For those completely unaware there is a video involving A’s players which can be seen here The Bernie Lean.

This season the Bernie Lean lives on in Oakland to the point that the A’s have scheduled a Coco Crisp Bobblehead Night in which Crisp’s likeness does the Bernie Lean Coco Crisp Bernie Lean Bobblehead. Also, the team chemistry is as strong as ever. Whenever a player hits a home run and returns to the dugout he must run through the home run tunnel as seen here Home Run Tunnel. In addition to the home run tunnel and the Bernie Lean there was also the game last season in which Josh Reddick celebrated a Coco Crisp walk off sacrifice fly by running out onto the field in a Spiderman outfit to give him the shaving cream pie SpiderReddick. The team is a joy to watch and looks again to be a contender, currently riding an 8 game win streak in which they have scored at least 6 runs in every game. They may not be filled with household names but these guys love the game and love playing with each other. There’s not much else that can be said about this team and how great they are so I will leave you with this: When all else fails, just