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Originally Posted by WhawhaWhat
KC tried to get several teams before they finally landed the A's. Of course, the A's turned out to be the AAAA affiliate of the Yankees before Charlie Finley bought them and moved to Oakland years later.
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Originally Posted by WilliamTheIrish
So many what ifs..
I think back to when they left and 4 years later were in the process of winning a trifecta of World Series. All those great players were beginning to show up on the farm and on the roster.
All these guys were on the 67 roster. F'ing Finley. We were so close.
Campy
Catfish
Rudi
Reggie - came up in June
Cap'n Sal.
Blue Moon Odom.
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Originally Posted by Zeke
The best is everyone walking across the field to leave the stadium afterwards  |
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Originally Posted by ChiefsCountry
Not really true. Arnold Johnson who moved the team here had money. Trouble was he was in bed with the Yankees owners. He owned Yankee Stadium and Blues Stadium (which was Municipal). Then he ran the A's like a Yankees farm club, since the Yankees ownership group was buddies with him. He died and his widow sold the team to Finley.
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Originally Posted by gblowfish
Charlie O was the name of the mule mascot. Finley had sheep grazing out beyond the outfield wall. And there was an electric mechanical rabbit named "Harvey" that popped up out of the ground behind home plate to give the ump more baseballs when he ran out.
I kinda like the Harvey idea.
Maybe we should add a mechanical Sluggrrrr behind home in Kauffman?
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Originally Posted by gblowfish
I think that picture was taken from the West Bottoms (stockyards) by where Kemper Arena is now. You would be facing East.
The old KC airport (which is still there) is just north of the downtown loop on the Missouri side, right where the Kaw River and Missouri river meet, and where the Missouri River bends to head north towards St. Joseph.
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Originally Posted by WilliamTheIrish
That was all A. Johnson.
Most of the trades didn't amount to much save for dealing Roger Maris. Lots of nobodys went back and forth.
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Originally Posted by whoman69
That's the truth. Off of this team they sent Enos Slaughter to NY and he batted .350 in the series. Clete Boyer went to the Yanks in 1959. Art Ditmer was traded in 1957.
Here's a great article. Seems odd that the league would let a business associate of another owner buy a team. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/corner/c042001b.shtml |
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Originally Posted by stevieray
i still get nostalgic driving by the ol downtown airport....
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Yep !
My father was sixteen yrs old playing centerfield for Folger's Coffee in the old 3 & 2 league and he also was on the tarp/ground crew for the A's at the time all the way through high school. Loved every minute of it but did say that Mickey Mantle was a total prick.