 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Mune imwe yezvibvumirano zvisingawanzoitika zvisati zvamboitika, chibvumirano chaMacha chakapera musi waGumiguru 8, 2005 uye nhaurirano dzakaputsika pakati pemativi maviri achiedza kusvika pachibvumirano; pakupedzisira zvakaputsika uye Macha akange asisina basa. Mazuva matanhatu gare gare - sezviri pachena pashure pokutaura nePittsburgh Pirates, asi kana asina kupiwa nzvimbo yemutungamiriri ipapo kana kusarudza kusaitora - Macha akasvika pachibvumirano neAtletics ndokuva mutungamiriri zvakare. Aizovatungamirira kunzvimbo yechikamu uye kufambisa pamusoro peMinnesota Twins muALDS kuti vafambire mberi kuAmerican League Championship Series, uko kwaiva kukunda kwokutanga kwechikwata mumutsara wokurwisa kubvira muna 1990. Zvisinei, Athletics yaizokundwa neDetroit Tigers. Musi waGumiguru 16, 2006, akadzingwa nemaneja mukuru Billy Beane, izvo zvakaitika zuva rimwe chetero iro mushumo wakabuda neESPN iyo yakataura Macha kuva nehukama husina kunaka nevatambi, kunyanya nevatambi vakakuvara iye akataura nzvimbo mbiri pane vakaremara runyorwa se vasiri masangano. Athletics yaisazokunda imwezve nhevedzano yemitambo kusvika muna 2020. 