A few years after the 29-6 drubbing, the A's got partial revenge by beating the White Sox 16-0--Bud Daley's 4- hit shutout. Thanks for this, Paul! Bill Grigsby lived down the street from me; his kids were playmates. Such memories...
A lot of people forget that the A's played in KC, I had a jacket in 65-66 that had all the teams logos, 1 side AL and the NL on other. It had to be tough for A's in 66-67 with the Cardinal's being a bigger draw. I miss that time and would go back for sure.
Connie Mack managed the Philadelphia Athletics from 1901-50, and was Pirates' player and manager before that. His grandson was a US Senator from Florida, and his great-grandson was a US Representative from there. A remarkable man, he.
My stepfather's brother, Santiago Rosario, was the starting 1st baseman on the day Satchel Paige pitched against the Boston Red Sox in 1965. It was Satchel Paige's last game in the Major Leagues He played for the 1965 Kansas City Athletics, his only season in the Major Leagues. He also played for the 1964 and 1965 Birmingham Barons, and the 1967 Birmingham Athletics. He was a teammate of Reggie Jackson and other notable players that played in the Major Leagues, and won three World Series Championship's later when the "A's" moved to Oakland in 1968. Santiago was "thrilled' to have played in Satchel Paige's last game in the Major Leagues. Santiago Rosario also played in Mexico for the 1976 Mexico City Diablos Rojos, who won the Mexican Baseball League Championship. He also was a member of the 1972 Ponce Leones of Puerto Rico who represented Puerto Rico in the Caribbean World Baseball Championships. Puerto Rico won the gold medal by defeating Venezuela. He also won championships while playing in Puerto Rico professional baseball league in 1968-1969 and 1969-1970, with Leones de Ponce. He won a batting tittle with a 319.0 average his 1st year in the minor's in 1969, while playing for Daytona Beach Islanders of the "D" Florida League. Santiago Rosario passed away in Guayanilla, Puerto Rico in 2013. I love the "A's" !
Apparently whoever wrote the description didn't bother to watch the video first. It's not about the Philadelphia Athletics, it's about the Kansas City Athletics!
Sherm Loller helped another young player when he was traded to the Dodgers- Sandy Koufax. It is said that in spring training of that year, 1960 I think, Sandy was still struggling with his control and Sherm went up to him and said " Relax,kid. It's a game. Have some fun." That's when Sandy Koufax became SANDY KOUFAX. Too bad Sherm didn't play for the Dodgers about 3 years earlier.
people from kansas city to this day hate the oakland a's. just like people from st louis root against the arizona cardinals, people from cleveland root against the baltimore ravens, and people in baltimore still hate the indianapolis colts. private ownership has ruined professional sports for millions of people, there have been times where league's (because of these clowns) have almost collapsed, even tho people still loved the game.
+tomitstube I can see their point. I stopped following the NFL when Bud Adams moved the Houston Oilers to Tennessee all because he was so greedy for a new stadium, or course one completely funded by taxpayers.
Robert Wayne exactly, stadiums are billionaire subsidies paid by the tax payer. and adams moved the oilers just 10 years after tax payers came up with 67 million to renovate the astrodome. these guys are crooks, george w. bush used the texas rangers to fund his presidential run by robbing tax payers. did you know nfl owners have banned cities from owning their teams? the green bay packers are the only team owned by the people and not a single owner. this needs to change. a good book (a little dated) is "bad sports" by dave zirin.
+tomitstube Very true. I used to love going to both Astros and Oilers games at the Dome. Adams started all the trouble by threatening to move the Oilers until taxpayers spent a fortune "renovating" the Dome. And, like you said, a few years later he started bellyaching again and ended up moving the team to Tennessee anyway. Then Astros ownership started yapping about a new stadium so they ended up building it and naming it after first Enron and then an orange juice company, but the location and parking at Minute Maid are not nearly as good as it was at the Dome.
Robert Wayne yep, tax payers are being bilked by billionaire team owners, (city councils are selling us out, and even when (we the people) (like pittsburg) vote 3 times against taxes paying for a stadium(s)) --- they appoint a "committee" to pass it anyway... so...we buy them a stadium and they return the favor by selling us $10 beers, $7 hot dogs, and charge us to park at OUR stadium!
+tomitstube Ha Ha! Are you sure you're not from Houston Tom? I used to get so aggravated at the cost of a beer and a Dome Dog that I started making sure I was full and not the least bit hungry before going to a game. But they must have had fans that blow the good smells of those hot dogs into the stands because it always smelled so good in there. And now with the newer stadiums in Houston, the costs of concessions have gotten completely out of hand. And don't get me started on the parking at Minute Maid. It's just outright ridiculous.
@@kevinmiller6380 I honestly believe the Phillies should have moved out of town instead of the As. The Phillies were probably the absolute worst team overall in the first half of the 20th century. The As on the other hand were at least either REALLY REALLY good or absolutely terrible under Connie Mack’s leadership.
@@jakedasnake7703 I hear you, especially the way Mack dismantled his team after the 1914 season. The A's were absolutely awful 1916, going 36-117 for, I think, a winning percentage of. 246. The Boston Braves, who swept the A's in the 1914 World Series, were just as pathetic in 1935, going 38-115, for a winning percentage of. 248.
@@kevinmiller6380 I’m a pirates fan so Ik what misery and success both look like. People forget we’ve actually had some really good teams in bygone eras. Like in the 1920s and 30s the pirates were easily one of the best teams in the league. But from 1949-57 we were easily the worst team in the league. The low point being 1952 I think we went 42-112 that year an absolute disgrace. But 1958 and on especially 1960 the famous Cinderella team we were good again lol
@@jakedasnake7703 I'm a diehard Chicago White Sox fan, and who knows what may have happened had they not thrown the 1919 World Series to the Cincinnati Reds. You're right, the 1952 Pirates were way worse than the Boston Braves, but the Pirates stayed in Pittsburgh. To me, Lou Perini would have been better off rebuilding his team rather than look for an excuse to move. Who knows, maybe the Dodgers would have stayed in Brooklyn. The Giants? They probably would have wound up moving to Minneapolis; then the Washington Senators would have had to go elsewhere.
