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Inside the mind of a sports fan:

Can the Denver Nuggets win the NBA championship? Hm, yeah, they’ve got a chance. I’ll put some money on it.

Can the Las Vegas Knights win the Stanley Cup? I don’t see why not, the odds look good to me.

Can the Oakland Athletics win seven games in a row? Absolutely frigging not. Nice try, DraftKings.

Well, the few people who still have faith in the A’s and bet on them to win their past seven games are raking in the dough. Exactly $156,655.12 worth if they carried over their winnings onto Oakland’s moneyline for every game in this streak.

On Tuesday night, the A’s extended their improbable winning streak to seven games with a 2-1 comeback win against the Tampa Bay Rays. Oakland — yes, Oakland — now owns the longest active winning streak in baseball, a streak made even more impressive by the fact that all their wins have come against teams above .500.

Oakland’s seven-game winning streak is tied for the longest by a team to enter with a sub-.200 win percentage, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.

On top of all that, the A’s recent triumphs have lit a fiery spark into their fanbase, and at Tuesday’s game, some fans rallied to keep the team in Oakland with plentiful “Sell the team” and “F–k John Fisher” signs. Fisher probably won’t sell the team, but bettors can still cash in on that win streak. It’s a good — if not chaotic — time to be an A’s fan.