Word: oaklands
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Iran's largest women's magazine, "is a fattish, short, big-busted woman with poor makeup, and totally out of fashion." ∙ "She predicted we wouldn't do well against Chicago last weekend, and they kicked the living dickens out of us," noted Oakland Athletics Owner Charles Finley of his new employee. She is Laurie Brady, an astrologer, columnist (the National Star), and now Finley's designated team prophet. Brady has drawn astrological charts on all the Oakland players, as well as on Finley himself, and is telling her boss what's in his stars...
That big one with the moustache is Ben Davidson, former defensive end with the Oakland Raiders and bit-part actor (clothed, in the porn classic Behind the Green Door). The little one he's holding is Jim Bouton, the ex-New York Yankee pitcher who threw curves at the baseball establishment with Ball Four, his 1970 book about drinking, dallying and other big-league peccadilloes. The two are preparing a fall TV series (titled Ball Four) in which Bouton portrays a so-so relief pitcher and Davidson plays a catcher named Rhino...
...becomes what none of the former greats of the game could ever hope to be-a talent who can sell himself to any owner willing to meet his price. (The celebrated Catfish Hunter case of 1974 was different. Hunter was declared a free agent by Commissioner Bowie Kuhn because Oakland, in declining to pay part of Hunter's salary to a company he had designated, failed to live up to its contract with him. He signed a $3.5 million contract with the Yankees...
...consequence of this wrangling is turmoil in the higher salary brackets. Early this month, outspoken Outfielder Reggie Jackson (TIME cover, June 3, 1974) was traded to the Baltimore Orioles by the penny-pinching owner of the Oakland A's, Charlie Finley, who argues that "too many stupid owners are willing to pay astronomical salaries." To the Orioles' dismay, Jackson, who averaged 31 homers and 91 runs batted in during his eight years with the A's, has so far refused to report to his new ball club. He says he will not come until they compensate...
Reggie Jackson has for years publicly proclaimed his desire to get away from Oakland and Charlie Finley. But now he contends Oakland is his business capital. On the strength of getting Jackson, bookmakers made Baltimore the 5-2 favorite to win the American League's Eastern Division. In their first five games the punchless Orioles scored only nine runs. Meanwhile, Slugger Jackson was in retreat in Tempe, Ariz., reviewing his life's options with his agent-partner, Garry Walker, and a psychologist, Ron Barnes. Walker hinted at one point that Jackson would not sign until vacationing Oriole Owner...