The Rise and Fall of the Oakland A's Dynasty (1972-1974)

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9 ай бұрын

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.

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@gemdavey 2 ай бұрын

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.

@Jdillingersquad1 9 ай бұрын

My grandfather sold insurance with Finley and ended up being a General Manager for the Kansas city As in the early sixty's

@waynejohanson1083 3 ай бұрын

Did your grandfather like Finley or did he say he was a jerk.

@overlook00 2 ай бұрын

Great video! Please normalize the audio.

@scotthovland7380 Ай бұрын

It's amazing to still remember all those names and not be able to name 1 player on current A's roster

@formerlyknownashammerofthegods 5 ай бұрын

Free agency destroyed the team. Finley would have traded away the entire team rather than lose them all for nothing.

@georgesouthwick7000 2 ай бұрын

Finley didn’t have to lose the players….he could have just paid them.

@formerlyknownashammerofthegods 2 ай бұрын

@@georgesouthwick7000 Steinbrenner and Ted Turner were the first owners to embrace free agency. None of the old school owners were going to touch it.

@vpolite1 2 ай бұрын

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.

@jamesholyfield3304 8 ай бұрын

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

@georgesouthwick7000 2 ай бұрын

Ironically, the man responded for building the dynasty, Charles O. Finley was also responsible for tearing it down.

@charlesflinnill978 Ай бұрын

He called the first free agents, "den of thieves".

@chrisbadiac6229 Ай бұрын

Rollie Fingers didn't get traded to the Brewers,did you forget the four years in San Diego ?

@roburtone 5 ай бұрын

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.

@emilrwolanski 3 ай бұрын

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).

@DominicRea-ey4sr 3 ай бұрын

Billy Martin was a Local guy born in Berkeley

@DominicRea-ey4sr Ай бұрын

Gene Tenace was also on the Padres with Fingers Bando was on the Brewers also

@jdiament3774 9 ай бұрын

Another gem

@brandonbusch6741 8 ай бұрын

Love this channel

@JWILL91OAK Ай бұрын

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!

@JWILL91OAK Ай бұрын

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!!!

@lindacorwin9066 3 күн бұрын

"Hendu"

@waynejohanson1083 3 ай бұрын

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.

@DominicRea-ey4sr 3 ай бұрын

Of course but business took over

@DominicRea-ey4sr Ай бұрын

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

@JWILL91OAK Ай бұрын

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.

@charlesflinnill978 Ай бұрын

They were the baseball equivalent to the Philadelphia Flyers " broad street bullies" of the same years/era.

@JWILL91OAK Ай бұрын

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.

@waynejohanson1083 3 ай бұрын

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.

@DominicRea-ey4sr 3 ай бұрын

My grandfather was a good friend of Curt Flood in Oakland

@georgesouthwick7000 2 ай бұрын

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.

@waynejohanson1083 2 ай бұрын

@@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,

@nascarplanet9858 9 ай бұрын

Can u talk baseball forever please

@WineSippingCowboy 3 күн бұрын

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.

@PrimarySweeper13 5 күн бұрын

As an A’s fan, I love and hate Charlie. Heat still better than Fisher

@darryljorden9177 3 ай бұрын

Say what you will about Charlie Finley, he still should be in the Hall of Fame.

@jeffstipp6872 2 ай бұрын

@darryljorden9177 Couldn't agree with you more, but it probably wont happen.

@michaelleroy9281 2 ай бұрын

When Charlie Finley bought the team , while still in KC they no longer became a trading partner with the Yankees

@DominicRea-ey4sr Ай бұрын

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

@DominicRea-ey4sr Ай бұрын

Charlie was like the AlDavis of Baseball butt should've learned a Lesson about PlayerLove from AL Also!