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rurallib

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5. Oakland had some great players in those years

Reply to Auggie (Original post)

Thu Apr 23, 2020, 03:01 PM

Apr 2020

I will try to recall some off the top of my head:

Sal Bando, Joe Rudi (?Rudy), Catfish Hunter, Vida Blue, the aforementioned Jackson and Fingers, didn't Ken Holtzman do a stint with them? They had a great catcher whose name escapes me.

That was a memorable team even 50 years later.

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