The Squares.” Oakland’s Gene Tenace stole the show, becoming the first player to homer in his first two World Series at-bats in Game 1. The A’s took a 2-0 series lead but the Reds fought ...

The Oakland Athletics, also known as the A's, are a professional baseball team ... After that, they will permanently relocate to Las Vegas. How many World Series Championships have the Oakland ...

The Oakland A’s didn’t draw 1 million fans until 1973 ... Fingers: “When we won the World Series in ’72, I was making $29,000. I won one game, I saved two others, and he sent me a $ ...

In the first all-California World Series, the Oakland A’s beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-2 in Game 5 to win their third straight world championship under two different managers. Alvin Dark had ...

It also has been the been the backdrop for the four World Series championships the A's won in Oakland; only the Yankees, with seven championships, have won more since 1968. Seven winners of the ...

The A’s moved to Oakland when Hanks was 12. When he looks back now on 56 years of fandom, Hanks’ mind goes to Game 3 of the 1972 World Series, Oakland’s first time hosting a World Series game.

As the A's close out 57 seasons in Oakland before moving to Sacramento and then Las Vegas, it's heralding the end of an era that's crushing a community's soul. Skip to main ...

It was just baseball. Oakland A’s fans under the age of 50 never got a World Series parade. There was a World Series win, of course, but the celebration was muted in the wake of the Loma Prieta ...