The book Finley Ball a look at two outsiders Charlie O Finley and Carl Finley who guided the Oakland A’s to three consecutive championships from 1972-74 written by Nancy Finley (photo of book from Nancy Finley

On the Oakland A’s podcast with Jerry F:

#1Nancy Finley is the daughter of former Oakland A’s general manager Carl Finley and the niece of former A’s owner Charles O Finley. Nancy is the author of the book Finley Ball by Nancy Finley. Nancy was on the scene when the Oakland A’s won three straight Championships from 1972-74.

#2Nancy also was welcomed to Cooperstown for a Hall of Fame celebration and talked about her book Finley Ball on how two outsiders on her father Carl and Charlie O changed the franchise forever and made them baseball’s world champions.

#3 Talk about Charlie he started out as an insurance salesman and with his cousin Carl moved the team from Kansas City to Oakland in 1968 and later built the club up with the likes of Sal Bando, Jim Catfish Hunter, Reggie Jackson, Vida Blue, Bert Campaneris, Joe Rudi, Gene Tenace and many others.

#4 Talk about when MLB Commissioner Bowie Kuhn who stopped the deal that sold Rollie Fingers and Joe Rudi to Boston and Vida Blue to the Yankees. It was a trade that had no players coming to Oakland so it was in essence a sale.

#5 Talk about the Nancy appearing at the Cooperstown Hall of Fame and promoting her book Finley Ball. With the relocation of the A’s it seems like it’s drumming up lots of interest in regards of Oakland baseball history which might be gone as soon as next season.

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