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Meanwhile off the field the organization announced some major honors a couple of days ago. Former starting pitchers Tim Hudson, Barry Zito, and Mark Mulder, who all pitched together on the A’s from 2000-2004 to form what was then known as “The Big Three”:

Welcome to the A’s Hall of Fame, Class of 2025!

Tim Hudson, Mark Mulder, Barry Zito, and Monte Moore will be inducted into the Athletics Hall of Fame on September 13th. pic.twitter.com/pY2opzpEPF

— Athletics (@Athletics) June 3, 2025

The three aces played together for five seasons, securing four playoff appearances for the team during those years. They never managed to make much noise in the postseason together but they won three AL West division titles together during the Moneyball years. Often overlooked because of the team’s penny-pinching ways to find cheap but productive players, the Big Three were one of the main reasons why those early 2000’s A’s teams were so good and so fun to watch.

Zito, Hudson, and Mulder went a combined 234-119 during their five years together, with two top-six ROTY finishes, one AL Cy Young, two second-place finishes for Cy Young, six All-Star selections, a couple more top-10 Cy Young placements and even a few down-ballot MVP votes. But maybe most memorably were their contributions to the then-record 20-game win streak back in 2002. During that bit of A’s history the trio combined for 11 of those wins, cementing their places in Athletics fans’ hearts. Even after all three departed A’s fans couldn’t help but root for them in their new homes (maybe less so for Zito with the Giants, but still). This is an honor well-deserved for all of them. It’s just sad they won’t be honored in the city they pitched for.

And not to be forgotten, joining the Big Three in Athletics history will be Monte Moore. The Athletics’ former lead broadcaster back when they were in Kansas City, Moore packed his bags and followed the team west to Oakland. He was with the A’s for their first 12 years in their new home in the East Bay before taking a years-long break from the booth. Moore returned for four more years beginning in 1988, getting to see the Athletics in the World Series three more times before finally retiring in ‘92. When all was said and done he saw the team claim four championships from the booth.

While a lot of A’s fans might not remember Moore, they sure remember one of his protégés. Beloved color commentator Ray Fosse began his career in broadcasting pairing with Moore and would be his teammate in the booth until Moore’s retirement. Fosse probably learned a million things from someone who got his start with the A’s under former owner Charlie Finley, and if you were lucky enough to watch A’s games a few years ago when Ray was still around, you probably heard some stories that Moore told him. He’ll now join Fosse in the Athletics’ Hall of Fame, fittingly rejoining his old partner from the team’s glory days.

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