Oakland Athletics (English: Oakland Athletics), referred to as A's, is a Major League Baseball team with home court located in Oakland, California, hm hm hm , affiliated to hm , the West District . Since moving to Auckland in 1968, its home court has been Auckland – Alameda County Arena .
Team History Auckland
The athletes who just moved to Auckland were a team that was gathering together. The boss at that time was Charlie Finley. The team moved to the Auckland-Alameda County Arena, which had just been completed for a year. On May 8, 1968, in a match against Minnesota Twins, Jim "Catfish" Hunter threw the first complete game of the American League since 1922. Led by head coach Bon Kennedy, A's completed their first winning season since 1952 in 1969. Finley officially changed the team name from "Athletics" to "A's" in 1970, which was the first year that the "apostrophe-s" appeared after the traditional "A" team logo.
A's finally achieved good results when it first entered the 1970s. After another second place in the division in 1970, A's won the American League West Division championship in 1971, which was their first playoff in 1931. However, the Athletics lost to the Baltimore Orioles in the AFC Championship game. In 1972, A's won the first American League title since 1931 and got the chance to compete against the Cincinnati Heroes in the 1972 World Series.
That year, A's began to wear all-green or all-yellow uniform tops, with contrasting white shorts. At the same time, other teams still wore all-white home uniforms and all-gray away uniforms. This is similar to the uniform of the amateur softball team, which was considered unique at the time. In order to cooperate with the promotion of Moustache Day, Finley said it will send a $500 bonus to any player who has a beard before Father's Day , while other teams still prohibit players from making their faces grow. On Father's Day, every player received this bonus. For this reason, the 1972 World Series was called "The Hairs vs. the Squares", and the Reds still wore traditional uniforms and required players to cut their hair and shave them cleanly. A book that describes A's in the same period, calling them "Moustache Gang". The Athletics defeated the promising Reds in seven games and won the team's first World Series championship in 1930.
Athletics team successfully retained the World Championships in 1973 and 1974. Unlike Mack's championship lineup that can beat opponents by a big advantage, the A's in the 1970s only scored slightly better than other opponents, winning the division championship in the American League West, nicknamed "American League Least." They beat teams who won more games than they did during the season with excellent defense, pitching, and timely hits. Finley calls the team "Swinin' A's". Players such as Reggie Jackson, Sal Bando, Joe Rudi, Bert Campaneris, Catfish Hunter, Rory Fingers and Vader Brue were the core squads of the athletes during this period.
- Many players said a few years later that the team was able to perform well at that time because of their shared disgust for Finley. For example, after Jackson scored 47 home base hits in 1969, Finley threatened to send him to the minor league; league chairman Bowie Kuhn was forced to intervene in the contract dispute. After Blue won the 1971 Celeron Award , Finley threatened to send him to the minor league, and Kuhn was once again forced to intervene in coordination. Finley likes to intervene in team operation. The origin of the Kansas City period. The more famous incident at this time was the near-rebellion in 1967; Finley responded to this by releasing Ken Harrelson, the best hitter at the time, who later signed with the Red Sox to help them win the championship.The only stain on the process of the athletes defeating New York Metropolitan in the 1973 World Series was Finley's exaggerated move. Finley forced Mike Andrews to sign a statement saying that he had made two consecutive mistakes in the 12th game in the second game of losing to the Mets due to injury. When other players, head coach Dick Williams, and almost all the audience defended Andrews, Kuhn forced Finley to withdraw the statement. But that doesn't mean that A's must let Andrews play. When Andrews played as a proxy in the 8th inning in Game 4, Mets fans stood up with sympathy; he then hit the ground and was out, and Finley immediately ordered him to sit on the bench for the remaining games and not be played. Andrews has never played in any major league games since then. Because of this incident, the Mets, who completed the season with only 82 wins and 79 losses, were able to fight against the obviously better athletes until the seventh game before losing. Williams, who was extremely disgusted by the incident, immediately resigned after the game. Finley's revenge against this was vetoed Williams to serve as the Yankees head coach. Finley claims that he cannot serve as head coach of other teams because Williams still has one year left with the Athletics team. Finley softened his position in 1974, allowing Williams to be the head coach of the California Angels.
- Under head coach Alvin Dark, the athletes defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers to win the 1974 World Series title, but after that, pitcher Catfish Hunter filed a complaint alleging that the team defaulted and failed to pay an insurance clause on time in 1974. On December 13, 1974, the arbitrator Peter Seitz made a ruling in favor of Hunter. Hunter became a free agent accordingly and then signed a contract with the Yankees for the 1975 season. Although A's still won the 1975 American League West Championship without Hunter, he was swept three times by the Red Sox in the league championship game and lost.
Free agent system, A's dismantle, and the end of the Finley era
In 1975, Finley was dissatisfied with the poor box office in Auckland during the championship of the athletes and began to consider moving the team elsewhere again. When Seattle sued the Major League for the Seattle Pilots relocated to Milwaki , Finley and other team owners came up with a complicated plan to move the Chicago White Sox, which was also underperforming, to Seattle, and then move the athletes to Chicago and to Komisky Park, so that the team would be closer to Finley's home in LaPorte, Indiana. The plan ended up failing because White Sox owner Arthur Allyn sold the team to another unique person, Bill Veeck. Veeck is not interested in moving the team out of Chicago.
- With the beginning of the 1976 season, the contracts of major league players also underwent basic changes. arbitrator Seitz ruled that the team's retention clause for players could only be retained for one year after the player's contract expires. Therefore, all players who have not signed a multi-year contract will become free agents after the 1976 season. This is the first time since the Federal League's early days, the power to negotiate has been transferred to players. Like Mack's previous two actions, Finley's reaction to the ruling was to trade many star players to other teams and try to sell other players.
- On June 15, 1976, Finley traded left fielder Rudi and support pitcher Fingers to Boston for $1 million each, and traded pitcher Blue to the New York Yankees for $1.5 million. Three days later, league chairman Kuhn revoked the two contracts on the grounds of "maintaining the best interests of baseball ". Amid many troubles, A's still finished the season with the second place in the West, only 2.5 games behind the No. 1 Royals.
- Many senior athletes obtained free agent qualifications after the end of the 1976 season, as expected, the vast majority chose to leave the team. One of the most legendary teams in the major leagues, once again suffered the fate of the dynasty lineup being broken down after moving 3,000 miles apart and decades. Just like the breakdown in the early 1900s, the team's collapse was totally and fast.The next three years were like the worst at Philadelphia and Kansas City, A's got the last place twice and the second to last place once. For example, in 1977, only three years after A's won the World Series, the team ended the season with the worst record in the American League, worse than the expanded team Seattle Mariners.
- After the 1977 season, Finley tried to trade Blue to the Reds for digital non-standard and lower-paid players, but league chairman Kuhn vetoed the deal, deciding that it was just another deal that tried to sell star starters at a cheap price, just like the one he rejected in 1976. Kuhn also believes that the championship battle in the N League’s West District will become a joke as Bru joins the already excellent Reds. The chairman then approved a relatively balanced deal, swapping aid pitcher Doug Bair to the Reds. Meanwhile, for the same reason, the chairman approved another deal with the San Francisco giants on the other side of the Bay Area to exchange digital players with Blue.
Since moving to Auckland, A's box office has always been poor, even during the World Series period. The box office in the next three years is even worse. Home Oakland Arena (Oakland Coliseum) is therefore jokingly called the "Oakland Mausoleum", and the maintenance of the stadium is getting worse and worse. For a time, the A's competition was broadcasted by KALX, a university radio station run by the University of California, Berkeley and transmits only 10 watts of power. Some fans jokingly call A's "Three A's" at this time, which means that the team is only at the level of 3A minor leagues at this time, unlike a major league team. Finley almost sold the team to buyers who would move the team to Denver during the 1978 season and New Orleans in 1979. Not surprisingly, in 1979, there were only 306,763 paid audiences who came to watch the A's competition, which was the worst box office since leaving Philadelphia.
After three seasons where the box office was miserable, the team began to get together. For a good deal, Finley hired Billy Martin, the hot prodigal son of the New York Yankees , to become the head coach of the young team. Martin made his young players believe in their team again. With the appearance of "Billyball" playing and rookie Ricky Handerson, the athletes won second place in the division in the 1980 season. In 1981, the team won the "first half season" championship, which was interrupted by a strike, but lost in the league championship game.
However, Finley's wife appealed for divorce in the same season. Because Finley's wife does not accept ownership of part of the team as property distribution, the team must be sold. Although Finley found a buyer who would move the team to Denver, the deal was invalid after the city of Oakland and Alameda County refused to let the athletes lift the stadium lease early. Finley looked for alternative local buyers and finally sold the team to San Francisco businessman Walter A. Hass, Jr., then chairman of famous jeans maker Levi Strauss & Co. before the 1981 season.
Locals have sportsmen: Haas's era
The team's excellent record of winning three World Series and two American League West District championships is not reflected in the box office of the Finley era. The average home audience from 1968 to 1980 was 777,000 per season, and 1.075,518 in 1975 was the largest audience record for any Finley team. In comparison, Haas had a 1.3 million spectators in the first year of having a team, and this season was shortened by players' strikes.
If there is no strike, the A's audience in the whole season in 1981 will exceed 2.2 million. In the 15 years since Haas owned the team, the Athletics team was one of the most successful teams in the league at the box office. In the 1990 season, a total of 2.9 million,217 people came to watch the game, and it is still the single-season audience record for the Athletics team. The average number of viewers in recent years has exceeded 1.9 million after excluding the strikes in 1981 and 1994.
- Has tried to change the team's image: he replaced the team's mascot "Charlie O", Connie Mack and other Philadelphia-era stars began to appear in the team's office. The traditional team name "Athletics" was reused, and the legal person of the team was officially renamed "Oakland Athletics Baseball Company". The team's colors are still green, gold, and white, but the original gray Kelly green is replaced by a more gentle forest green. After a 23-year break, the Elephant re-established the team's mascot in 1986. The "Athletics" writing, which appeared on away jerseys from 1954 to 1960, was re-embroidered on the home jersey in 1987.
- Under Haas's ownership and management, the sportsmen's minor league farm system was rebuilt, and several years later successfully cultivated several star players selected as the AFC's newcomer of the year, such as Jose Canseco (1986), Mark McGwire (1987) Weiss (page archive backup, saved in the Internet Archives) (1988). Tonny Larusha was hired as the team's head coach in 1986 and did not resign until the end of 1995. In 1987, when Larusa was head coaching, A's completed the season with 81 wins and 81 losses, which was the best record in seven seasons. Since 1988, A's has won the American League championship for three consecutive years. Just like the team in Philadelphia, the Athletics completed the season with the best record in the league in the past three years: 104 wins (1988), 99 wins (1989) and 109 wins (1990). The team has star players McGuire, Kanseko, Weiss, Carney Lansford, Dave Stewart, and Dennis Eckersley.
The advantage in the season only brought the team a little playoff victory. The only champion of the athlete was the San Francisco Giants who swept the , the San Francisco Bay Area, in four games in the 1989 World Series. Unfortunately, A's joy of sweeping the Giants was covered up by the simultaneous 1989 San Francisco earthquake; the earthquake occurred at the beginning of the third game and was broadcast nationwide via television. This forced the remaining matches to be postponed for several days. As the World Championship resumed, the atmosphere on the court clearly changed from the fans celebrating joy to a feeling of relief. The athletes were favored in the 1988 and 1990 World Series but were defeated by the Los Angeles Dodgers and Cincinnati Reds respectively. Among them, the loss to the Reds was swept four games, just like losing to the Boston Warriors 76 years ago. The team gradually declined and won the American League West Division championship in 1992, but lost to the Toronto Bluebirds in the American League Championship, and ended the season with the last place in 1993.
Schott-Hofmann's age
Walter Haas died in 1995, and the team later sold to San Francisco Bay Area developers Steve Schott (no relative to former Cincinnati celebrity owner Marge Schott) and Ken Hofmann before the 1996 season. Once again, the star players of the sports team were traded out because the first goal of the new boss is to cut the team's salary expenditure. Many players moved to the St. Louis Cardinals, which included McGuire, Eckersley, and head coach La Rusha. In the dark, it was like a replay of the incident where the athletes traded Roger Maris 38 years ago. McGuire set a record for the most home runs in a single season in the New Major League Baseball in his first year after he moved to Cardinals . In fact, McGuire also had a chance to break the record in 1997, hitting a total of 58 home runs on the Athletics and the Cardinals.
Schott-Hofmann owns team put more resources into building and maintaining a strong minor league system, but often refuses to renew their contracts with star players who are about to become free agents with high salaries. Perhaps this is why the athletes at the turn of the 21st century were a team that often ranked first in the American League West but could not win the first round of the playoffs. The Athletics team has entered the playoffs for four consecutive years since 2000, but each year it has been eliminated in the first round of the playoffs with 2 wins and 3 losses.In the 2001 playoffs against the New York Yankees and the 2003 Boston Red Soxes, the athletes were staged to have a second-trip and three-game scene. In 2004, A's did not make the playoffs; A's lost the last series of the season and also lost the division champion, giving the Anahn Angels.
Athletics team has been known as the three starting pitchers commonly known as the "three big shots" in recent years: Tim Hudson, Mark Mulder, and Berry Zito, as well as three infielders: Eric Chavez, Jason Giangbi, and Miguel Tehada. Gionbi signed with the New York Yankees after becoming a free agent at the end of the 2001 season, while Tehada signed with the Baltimore Orioles after the 2003 season.
Team General Manager Billy Bean In recent years, he has also been famous for the author Michael Louis's "Magic Ball" published by Bean's novel team management and management method. The team structure of the athletes team has made the traditional major leagues’ standards for evaluating a player’s ability begin to change. Bean has selected many players who lack traditional baseball abilities such as passing, guarding, long-driving ability and speed, and replace them with some abilities that are usually overlooked, such as replacing high strike rate with high hit rate and high strike/walking ratio with high strike/walking ratio, and players who usually have these abilities require low salaries.
Auckland Athlete won the most 103 games in the American League in 2002 with the sixth lowest total salary in the league. The total salary of the Yankees that year was $41 million, while the total salary of the Yankees, who also won 103 games, was $126 million. sports teams often go against market trends and continue to win games, even if the total salary is often the bottom few in the league. For example, after the team finished second in the division in the 2004 season, Bean traded Tim Hudson to Atlanta Warriors and Mark Mulder to St. Louis Cardinals. Many people wonder why two players at their peak were traded out, but the deal followed the Bean-like management behavior described in "The Magic Ball".
Wolff's age
On March 30, 2005, the sports team was sold to a team led by land developer Lewis Wolff. Although Wolff is a Los Angeles businessman, he has also successfully performed many developments in San Jose and neighboring areas. The former team owner hired Wolff to help them find land suitable for building a new stadium. Because of Wolff's background, many people speculate that he will move the team to San Jose. But all plans to move to San Jose will be opposed by the other side of the Bay Area team San Francisco Giants , as the Giants claim that they have market exclusive rights in San Jose and San Ta Clara counties. See “Gathering Problems” below.
In the 2005 season, some experts believe that the athletes will get the last place because the three big shots were broken up by Bean. At first, these experts looked right, with the athletes at the bottom with 19 wins and 32 losses (win rate 0.373). But after that, the team began to play, with a winning rate of 0.622. Until the end of the season, the final record was 88 wins and 74 losses (win rate of 0.543), only 7 games behind the newly renamed Anahn Angels. There were several weeks to have the chance to be ranked first in the Western Conference of the United States.
pitcher Huston Street was selected as the 2005 AFC Rookie King. A player from an athlete team won this award for two consecutive years. shortstop Bobby Crosby won this award in 2004. third baseman Eric Chavez won the AMF Third Baseman Gold Glove Award for five consecutive years.
- After two years of absence, the athletes returned to the playoffs in 2006. Although the Athletics won the American League West Championship with a record of 93 wins and 69 losses and a four-game lead over the Angels, the Athletics are not favored in the divisional series with Minnesota Twins. At the disadvantage of starting the away game and losing second baseman Mark Ellis, the athletes finally swept the Twins with 3 wins and 0 losses and entered the American League Championship; Ellis had to withdraw from the subsequent game due to a touch ball in the second game because of a finger fracture. But the joy of victory is short-lived, with the athletes sweeping by the Detroit Tigers 0 wins and 4 losses in the league championship game. On October 16, on the fourth day after losing the league championship game, head coach Ken Macha was suddenly fired by team general manager Billy Bean. Bean announced that Macha had a bad interaction with the players and an unhappy atmosphere with the team, which was due to the reason for the dismissal [1].
- Assistant coach Bob Geren, who is also a former major league catcher, succeeds as head coach. After the 2006 season, Athlete ace pitcher Zito signed with the San Francisco Giants after getting free agent qualification. Star designated striker MVP candidate Frank Thomas also signed with the Toronto Bluebirds after getting free agent qualification, but Athletes signed future Hall of Fame member Mike Piesa to replace Thomas. Piesa only stayed in the National League team before signing with the athletes, which was the first time he had been a full-time designated blow in his career.
For the athletes, the 2007 season was a disappointing season, with the team's main players such as Rich Harden, Huston Street, Eric Chavez, and Piesa being injured one after another. At the end of the season, the athletes' winning rate was less than 50%, which is the first time since the 1998 season that it ended with a loss record.
2012 and 2013 won the American League West District championship for two consecutive years in 2012 and 2013
Starting from the beginning of the season, athletes were originally going to rebuild, and no one even looked forward to entering the playoffs, but because another powerful angel in the West District strengthened at the beginning of the season, Albert Pujos , C.J. Wilson, but the angels' record fluctuated, giving Oakland athletes the opportunity to rise, and they have been narrowing the winning difference with the Rangers (the biggest winning difference has reached 13 games). Finally, in the last series with the Rangers, the athlete unexpectedly swept the series and won the championship in the West Division after six years. He met his opponent Detroit Tigers in the divisional match, but lost in the first two games. Although the athletes won the last two games, even 1:3 behind in the fourth game and 9 beats, the performance reversed the victory and forced the decisive battle to win the fifth game. Unfortunately, the athlete was suppressed by the 9th game last year's triple-champion and the MVP of the United Nations League, and was blocked 0:6 and missed the UEFA Champions League.
In 2013, the magic ball army won the title of the American League West for two consecutive years. The opponent in the division championship game was Detroit Tiger , but he was also defeated by the Tiger led by Justin Welland, and he had lost 6 consecutive times in the fifth game of the division championship game.
2014: Entering the playoffs for three consecutive years
Starting from the beginning of the season, the athletes performed well in the first half of the season with 59 wins and 36 losses. performed worse in the second half of the season as well as the last half of the season, and even the division champion was snatched by the Angels. In the end, they could only play wild card games and died suddenly. In the end, they lost 8-9 to Kansas City Royals in the wild card game.
2015 to 2017: Become the main
2015 season, the athletes only won 68 wins and 94 losses, becoming the last place in the Western Conference of the United States.
2016 season, athletes won 69 wins and 93 losses. Coco Crisp was traded to Indians mid-season. After the season, John.J. Fisher will be the new boss of the team.
In 2017, the team's ace Sonny Grey was traded to the Yankees. That year, the team won 75 wins and 87 losses, and has been the leader of the United States and West for three consecutive years. However, the Magic Ball Army has not achieved nothing this season, because the young and powerful players in the team are released in September, and the great powers who are preparing for the playoffs are shy and light up the candlelight of hope for the subsequent reconstruction path.
2018 to present: Return to the playoffs
2018 season, although it became the best foil for Shohei Otani in two consecutive starts, the athlete with great potential has achieved surprises with his superb output from the line, and replaced the angels who fell into the mortal world and the sailors who trekked, becoming the assassins who challenged the Astronauts. The athlete who has the opportunity to return to the playoffs will strengthen the bullpen's combat power through trades in the middle of the season and fully protect the candlelight of promotion.
- 3 On September 12, Sean Manaea, who made a home-game home shot against Red Sox, had a rotating muscle inflammation. The early reimbursement this season made the Magic Ball Army's starting rotation even tighter.
- On September 24, relying on the Yankees defeating their last wild card competitor Guang 4:1, the athletes entered the playoffs again after 2014.
- On September 26, the athlete was beaten by his opponent in the 11th playoff game. In addition to the Astros defeating the Toronto Bluebirds 4:1 away, the athletes could only start their playoff journey from the wild card cut-throat battle away from New York, striving to qualify for the Red Sox, and eventually lost to the New York Yankees 2:7, which is a successful season for the athletes.
2019: Two consecutive years of playoffs
Because the Indians lost to the Nationals 2:8 in the cross-league match, plus the Light defeated the Blue Jays 6:2, and confirmed that they advanced to the playoffs for two consecutive years. They were sure to go to the Wild Card Sprint with Tampa Bay Light winners will face the Houston Astros in the AFC Divisional Game. finally scored 4 home runs on the Rays and the athletes lost 1:5 in a hit, continuing the major leagues' 9 consecutive losses in a playoff game.
2020: After three consecutive years of playoffs, the Cuckolds once again ascended the throne after 7 years
Oakland athlete successfully won the title of the American League West District in 2020. This is the Cuckolds once again ascended the throne after 7 years of 7 years. MLB Athlete starter Jesús Luzardo lost 3-pointers in the main shot today in the game. The line was restricted by the opponent's starter Lucas Giolito's first 6 games and maintained a "complete game" state. The team lost to the White Sox 1-4 and fell behind 0-1 in the AMU wild card game. Major League Baseball MLB Oakland athletes played strong shots today, defeating the visiting Chicago White Sox 5-3, and winning the game back in the 3-2-win American League wild card series. Both sides are currently 1 win and 1 defeat, and will hold the third decisive battle. Athlete in the third game of the FCW in today's FCWW in 4 rounds, Chad Pinder scored 4 points in 5 rounds, and won 2 RBIs in 6:4, and eliminated the White Sox to advance to the FCF Division Series, and will meet the second Astronaut in the United States and West.
- 4American Division Series started today. Oakland athletes first took 2 home runs in 2 and 3 innings, taking a 3:0 lead; however, the Astronauts also scored 3:3 in the 4th innings, with Alex Bregman and Correa both kicking. In the 34th game, Matt Olson knocked out a spring cannon, and Mark Canha also hit Gao Fei with 1 RBI in time in the fifth game, allowing the athletes to lead 5:3 again, but this is also the last time they scored ahead of their scores in this game, losing to the Houston Astros 5:10 in the end. The team knocked out 8 hits in the first game and could not stop 16 hits.
- MLB athlete's Davis (Khris Davis) once again opened in the second half of the 2nd inning to let the team get the first shot. The Astronaut immediately advanced the score with George Springer's two-point shot at 3 and added 1 point on 4, taking a 3-1 lead.
- Athlete regained 1 point with Chad Pinder's spring bombing, but Martin Maldonado and Springer kicked one after another in the second half of the game, and the Astronauts added two more points to lead 5-2.
- In the next 4 games, neither team scored any more points, and lost to the Astronauts again 2-5 to swallow a two-game losing streak, falling into a draw in the AFC Division Series.
- The Houston Astronaut who advanced today still had fierce firepower, but when the opponent recovered from the line, he hit the iron plate. Athlete relied on Chad Pinder to contribute 4 points and RBIs in 7 and 8, becoming a reversal ratio, winning the game with 9:7, and chasing it to 1:2 in the series.
Oakland athletes were shot out by the Astronauts in the fourth game of the American League Division Series, including Carlos Correa's 3 Amps and 5 RBIs in a single game and Michael Brantley's double shot. They lost 6-11 to the Houston Astros, and lost 1 win and 3 defeats in the series.
2022:
On December 21, 2021, the athlete decided to be promoted from within to Mark Curt Games as head coach, replacing Bob Marvin, who decided to transfer to the team to coach the San Diego Padres off season. He is very familiar with the team's operations and has joined the team's coaching team since the 2016 season. He has served as bench coach, quality control and third base instructor respectively. He also played for four years as an athlete in the 17-year major league play.
minor league relations team
- AAA:Las Vegas Aviators, Pacific Coast League (Pacific Coast League)
- AA:Midland Rock Hounds, Texas League (Texas League)
- Advanced A: Lansing Lugnuts, California League (California League)
- A: Stockton Ports, Midwest League (Midwest League)
- Short A: Vermont Lake (Vermont Lake Monsters), New York-Penn League (New York–Penn League)
- Rookie : AZL Athletics, Arizona League (Arizona League)
