The Rise and Fall of the Oakland A's Dynasty (1972-1974)
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- Charlie O. Finley won three World Series with the Oakland Athletics in 1972, 1973, and 1974. But he was crazy. He made a mule the team mascot, hired a 59 year old pitcher and sued MLB.
This story includes Joe DiMaggio, Sandy Koufax, Reggie Jackson, Rollie Fingers, Marvin Miller and the MLBPA, Curt Flood, and M. C. Hammer for some reason.
very informative video on the Oakland A's. I lived in the east bay during that time & got to see the greatest team! I am both an A's & Giant's fan. Born n raised in San Mateo area.
My grandfather sold insurance with Finley and ended up being a General Manager for the Kansas city As in the early sixty's
Did your grandfather like Finley or did he say he was a jerk.
It's amazing to still remember all those names and not be able to name 1 player on current A's roster
Great video! Please normalize the audio.
Love this channel
Ironically, the man responded for building the dynasty, Charles O. Finley was also responsible for tearing it down.
He called the first free agents, "den of thieves".
Fingers was a Padre before he joined the Brewers.
The team appeared ready to move to Denver in the late 1970s due to the low attendance cited. However, Finley had one final move up his sleeve, hiring Billy Martin as his final manager. The team became popular, drawing more fans in the strike-shortened 1981 season than in any of the championship seasons of the 70s.
Rollie was traded to the Red Sox. Kuhn nixed the deal, then Rollie went
to the Padres.
When Whitey Herzog was the Mgr/G.M/. of the Cards, he acquired Rollie,
then we traded him to the Brewers (along with C Ted Simmons).
Billy Martin was a Local guy born in Berkeley
Gene Tenace was also on the Padres with Fingers Bando was on the Brewers also
lowkey all of charles o finley ideas kinda hit . who wouldnt want to play with an orange ball as a batter , pinch runner if your a catcher and 3 Ball Walks just make sense
Another gem
Free agency destroyed the team. Finley would have traded away the entire team rather than lose them all for nothing.
Finley didn’t have to lose the players….he could have just paid them.
@@georgesouthwick7000 Steinbrenner and Ted Turner were the first owners to embrace free agency. None of the old school owners were going to touch it.
Wrong. Finley said that every player should become free agents at the end of the season. No multi year contracts. He wanted to keep player salaries low.
Rollie Fingers didn't get traded to the Brewers,did you forget the four years in San Diego ?
Billyball, Bash Brothers, Mark McGwire, Jose Conseco. " The Juice ", Dave Stewart, Dennis Eckersley, Tony Phillips, Dave " Hindu " Henderson, Bob Welch, Moose Haas, Joaquin Andujar, Steve Ontiveros. Generation A's!!!
"Hendu"
My Idol at First Base, Willie Montañez was sent to The Philadelphia Phillies in place of Curt Flood
MT. DAVIS. Oakland - San Leandro East Bay Hills. Orange Seats. Charley O. Finley. " SWINGIN' A's. Elephants. Campies. Mustche Brigade. "72,"73,"74&"89. Philadelphia.Kansas City. Oakland Athletics. Love Ya!
DICK WILLIAMS. 1971 A.L. Cy Young Award Winner. "71 MLB ALCS. "71 MLB All Star Game: Reggie Jackson " Mr. October". Catfish Hunter, Rollie Fingers, Vida Blue, Ken Holtzman, Joe Rudi, Sal Bando, Felipe Alou, Blue Moon Odom.
If they kept this team together would they have won more championships, let's not forget they were still in their prime, plus they had good players coming up in the farm system.
Of course but business took over
All I no is The A'$ & Dodgers have always had the best farm systems ALL my life & the A'$ had the 1$t ever draft pick RickMonday who later played for the Dodgers
They were the baseball equivalent to the Philadelphia Flyers " broad street bullies" of the same years/era.
1975 ALCS. Curt Flood. B.A.R.T. A.C. Transit. Coliseum Dogged. Rickey Henderson. 1987 MLB All Star Game. Billy King. " HOLY TOLEDO"!. AL Davis. 1981,88,89,90,92 MLB ALCS. 2000,01,02,03,06 ALDS & "06 ALCS. "12,13,14,18,19,20 MLB A.L. Wild Card Playoffs & ALDS.
The real reason why Flood did not want to go to Philadelphia was because his life and home in St. Louis. Not because he hated the city.
My grandfather was a good friend of Curt Flood in Oakland
Flood also felt deeply that the Reserve Clause was morally and fundamentally wrong, and was willing to risk never playing again in order to challenge it.
@@georgesouthwick7000 He was right is was morally and fundamentally wrong. Since when should one be forced to work for only one company. If you and I decide we no longer want to work for the company we in, we give our notices and go work somewhere else. And with Flood it was never about the money. After all he was whole life was in St. Louis. I never understood why they wanted to trade him in the first place. Maybe the felt he was near the end and was a declining asset and wanted to get something for him. The cards did not show him much loyalty after all he played a big part in those two championships of 64 and 67,
Can u talk baseball forever please
Even before free agency. The heart attack of the late Charles Oscar Finley started the decline. Reggie Jackson or 1 of the other players said that. The owner was not the same after that.
The Mike Andrews incident led the late Dick Williams to resign and join the California Angels 😇.
2B Dick Green retired. Phil Garner and Manny Trillo took some slow 🐌 years before they reached their peaks ⛰. They wete already in other clubs by then.
Had Finley traded Catfish in the 1973 offseason for Steve Carlton, Wilbur Wood, Ferguson Jenkins, Gaylord Perry, Nolan Ryan or the late Tom Seaver, the dynasty would have continued.
Aside. MC Hammer 🔨, Mrs Fields and Tom Hanks worked at the Coliseum in those years. Rickey Henderson saw 👀 some of those games. This was before the Athletics drafted him out of Oakland Tech.
As an A’s fan, I love and hate Charlie. Heat still better than Fisher
Say what you will about Charlie Finley, he still should be in the Hall of Fame.
@darryljorden9177 Couldn't agree with you more, but it probably wont happen.
When Charlie Finley bought the team , while still in KC they no longer became a trading partner with the Yankees
Just for his innovations alone R we sure he's Not? He was like the AL Davis of baseball genius wise butt could've learned a lesson about PlayerLove from AL
Charlie was like the AlDavis of Baseball butt should've learned a Lesson about PlayerLove from AL Also!