[Not A Snowbird]

I remember going to that park in the early 70s to watch the A’s... Joe Rudi, Vida Blue, Sal Bando, Gene Tenace...

Ah, memories.

[RinaseaofDs]

I can name every starting player on that team, and most of the pitchers. I always forget Gene Tennace. Campi Campinares, Reggie Jackson, Sal in the hot corner.

You remember Rollie Fingers? The mustache? I was 6,7, and 8 when they won three in a row. What a time. Big Red Machine came the year Charlie sold off most of the team for a $1M a person. Sal was first to go. I remember where I was when it came in over the transistor radio. Broke my heart.

I thought everything lasted forever back then. It was like someone shooting my dog. I actually gasped.

We had the Raiders back then too. 1972 and 76 if I recall. The Snake, Cliff Branch, and Biletnikoff, the latter of ‘Stick’um’ fame. All he had to do was get any part of his hand, back or front, on the ball and it was a catch. They banned stickum after that.

[SparkyBass]

"I remember going to that park in the early 70s to watch the A’s... Joe Rudi, Vida Blue, Sal Bando, Gene Tenace..."

Campy Campeneros, Ray Fosse, Catfish Hunter, John "Blue Moon" Odom...

Memories, indeed! (by the way, Joe Rudi was my favorite!)