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Koenig and his crew wear inter changeable unisex gear designed by Rudi Gernreich. The stars are Martin Landau and Barbara Bain, the hit team of Mission: Impossible. There is even the nucleus of an audience ready for Space: the Trekkies who have been homeless since 1969, when Star Trek went off the air. Dedicated cultists, they have made do with reruns, conventions and newsletters as they wait for big-time sci fi to come back to the small screen...
...sent him to the Mayo Clinic for a foot operation. As a publicity stunt, Finley told the 18-year-old to call himself Catfish. Ten years later, Jim ("Catfish") Hunter won the Cy Young Award as the best pitcher in the American League. Catcher Gene Tenace, Outfielder Joe Rudi and Relief Pitcher Rollie Fingers, all now A's stars, were signed by Finley within a year after he caught Catfish. They were all fresh out of high school, and Charlie O. had to pay them a total of only $37,000 in bonuses...
Finley never stops looking for new players or trading for established veterans. "No team is ever set," he says, "even a winner." Of the 26 players on the winning team in the 1972 World Series, only nine are still in Oakland uniform: Jackson, Rudi, Tenace, Bando, Campaneris, Blue, Fingers, Southpaw Ken Holtzman and Reserve Outfielder Angel Mangual...
Washington's bat forced the A's to switch Rudi to first base. As a rookie last season, Claudell hit a solid .285. During the World Series against the Dodgers, he rocketed to .571. As of last week he was leading the team in hitting with a .317 average. A line-drive specialist, his 47 RBls left him only four behind Team Leader Jackson, who says, "Claudell is just the best young ballplayer I've ever seen come into the league." The owner of the A's, Charlie Finley, is quick to agree. During a game...
...Washington, playing for Oakland has not been easy. His fielding was erratic and his throwing weak at first, and Joe Rudi did not like the idea of switching to first base. Shy and slightly awed by his teammates, the rookie kept to himself and worked. This year he partakes of some team high jinks and even teases North and Jackson occasionally...