Word: oaklands
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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According to Jarvis, Warren persuaded him to sell his newspapers and move to the golden land. "When I arrived there, I was wet behind the ears; all I had was money," recalls Jarvis. Nonetheless, he went on to make considerably more, first with an Oakland chemical firm and then after World War II, by running a chain of home-appliance factories employing 13,000 people. In 1962, fearing that the pressure would give him a heart attack (his second wife died of a heart attack), Jarvis decided to retire and planned an extended vacation...
Bobby Winkles walked out as manager of Charles O. Finley's first-place Oakland A's only to call the owner a few hours later to return...
...system, and an angry Flood quit baseball, drifting around the world, tending his own bar on the Spanish island of Majorca and painting portraits for $350 and up. Now that baseball players are free at last, Flood, 40, has returned to the game as a radio broadcaster for the Oakland A's. "I'm as nervous as a rookie," he said before his debut, where he made a hit with his delivery but struck out on analysis. "I've been kidded," he said modestly, "that my job is to catch foul balls headed for the booth...
Kuhn also turned to the topic with which he is most often identified, Charles O. Finley and the unsuccessful sale of his Oakland A's to Denver interests...
...Americans make up ground on their foreign counterparts with eagerness for a newly found game. Oakland Stompers Assistant Coach Jack Hyde, an Englishman, admires the enthusiasm of Americans and their willingness to learn. "They go out and give you a 100% effort for the full 90 minutes...