Finley Ball

by Nancy Finley

  as a dysfunctional family, 87

  ball girls, 98–99, 158

  facial hair of the team, 116

  1975 season, 163–80

  1974 season, 144–45, 155–62

  1971 season, 101–5, 107

  1973 season, 41–42, 133–49

  1972 season, 115–33

  1969 season, 85–90

  sold to the Haas family, 220–23

  World Series of 1975, 167–79. See also World Series

  World Series of 1974, 159–62. See also World Series

  World Series of 1973, 133–49. See also World Series

  World Series of 1972, 124. See also World Series

  Oakland Coliseum, xiii, 80, 85, 93–94, 104, 128, 136, 154, 221–22, 226

  unfinished front offices of, 199, 226–27

  Oakland High, 154

  Oakland Hills, 92

  Oakland Seals, the, 105

  Oakland SPCA, the, 190

  Oakland Tribune, the, xiv, 60, 115, 128, 168, 211, 213, 236

  O’Boynick, Paul, 72

  Odom, John “Blue Moon,” 59, 108, 118–19, 120–21, 237

  hired by Charlie, 59

  Official Score Book, 76

  O’Malley, Walter, 162, 176

  On Top of Old Smokey, 46

  Oscar’s, 124, 178, 181–82, 189

  “Outfit, the” (Kansas City mafiosi), 32

  Overland Park, 44, 63

  P

  Page, Mitchell, 195

  Paige, Satchel, 40, 237

  Palmer, Jim, 104, 134

  Palo Alto, CA, 99

  Papiano, Neil, 192

  Paras, Alexis, 167

  Pendergast, Tom, 32

  Perez, Tony, 123

  Peters, Hank, 79

  erroneously credited for the team’s success, 61

  Philadelphia Athletics, the, xiv, 3, 13, 103, 192

  Philippines, the, xv

  Piersall, Jimmy, 49, 113

  Pitchometer, the, 52

  Pitt, Brad, 237

  Players’ Association, the (MLBPA), 64–65, 109, 163, 184

  Prohibition, 32

  Putsch, J. W. “Jud,” 17–18

  R

  Raiders, the, 125

  Reagan, Ronald, 85, 238

  Republican Presidential Task Force, 238

  Reserve Clause, the, 65, 164, 184

  Rice, Jim, 177

  Riverfront Stadium, 122–24

  Robinson, Ted, 216

  Rolling Stone, 170

  Rose, Pete, 121, 123–24

  Royals, the, 102, 134, 169, 185, 217

  Rudi, Joe, 119, 122, 124, 136, 159, 169, 184

  hired by Charlie, 59

  Ruth, Babe, 12, 89

  S

  San Francisco bay, xiii

  San Francisco Chronicle, 128

  San Francisco 49ers, 125, 216

  San Francisco Giants, the, 125, 156, 193

  Sanguillen, Manny, 185, 194

  San Jose Mercury News, 237

  San Leandro, 134

  Saturday Evening Post, 11

  Scaggs, Boz, 171

  Scott, George C., 179

  Seghi, Phil, 95

  Segui, Diego, 41, 52

  Seitz, Peter, 163–64

  Shea Stadium, 135, 141

  Sheraton-Chicago Hotel, 54

  Shoreham Hotel, the, 71–72

  Simpson, Harry, 12

  Sivyer, Cathy, 99

  Sivyer, Debbi (Mrs. Fields), 99, 158

  Skyline Stables, 167

  Smalley, Garrett, Jr., 7, 236

  Snider, Duke, 167

  Sports Illustrated, xii, 23, 67, 148

  Stein, Elliot, 18

  Steinbrenner, George, 176, 206

  Stevens, Connie, 26, 31, 63

  St. Louis Browns, the, 40

  Sullivan, Haywood, 41

  Sutton, Don, 159–60

  Symbionese Liberation Army, the (SLA), 154

  Symington, Stuart, 80

  synesthesia, 35–37

  T

  Tanner, Chuck, 170, 180, 182–83, 185, 187, 194

  Taylor, Tony, 118

  Tenace, Gene, 169, 118–20, 122, 140

  Texas Rangers, the, 193, 207

  Thomas Jefferson High School, xv, 14, 25

  three-ball walk, the, 108

  Tiant, Luis, 157, 177

  Tiger Stadium, 102–3, 116, 118

  Time magazine, 108, 173

  Times Square, 54

  Tolan, Bobby, 122, 167

  Toma, George, 47, 128, 238

  Tom Thumb (pony), 55

  Tonga Room, the, 174

  Topping Dan, 5, 12

  Trillo, Manny, 140–41

  Tri-Valley Herald, xiv

  Truman, Harry S., 29, 32

  TWA Flight 85, 70, 156

  U

  UMB Financial Services, 19

  uniforms, new colors of the, 33–34

  United Auto Workers, 65

  United Steelworkers, 65

  UniWatchBlog.com, 34

  V

  Vancouver, British Columbia, 161, 233

  Veeck, Bill, 11, 13, 20–21, 40, 52, 88

  Vida Blue Day, 102

  Vucinich, Steve, 102, 125, 199

  W

  Walker, Harry, 140

  Walnut Hill suburb, 13–15

  Warriors, the, 125

  Washington, Claudell, 160, 169, 177

  Washington, Herb, 156, 159

  Weaver, Earl, 104

  Webb, Del, 5, 12

  Weiss, George, 13

  West Palm Beach, FL, 13, 27

  White House, the, 238

  Wiley, Ralph, 211

  Williams, Billy, 88

  Williams, Dick, 61, 98, 104, 115–16, 118, 123, 137, 139, 141–42, 148, 157, 195, 236

  Williams, Norma, 124

  Winkles, Bobby, 195

  Wisnia, Saul, 144

  Wizard of Oz, The, 94

  World Airways, 53

  World Series, the, xi, 12, 35, 61, 81, 86, 89, 107, 116–21, 123–25, 129–31, 133, 135–36, 139, 141–42, 144, 147–49, 153–55, 159–63, 165–67, 169–70, 174, 176, 178–79, 182, 194–95, 207, 220–21, 225, 235–37. See also specific World Series under

  Oakland A’s

  World War II, xv

  Wynn, Jim, 160

  Y

  Yankees, the (New York), xi, 5, 34, 162, 170

  Yankee Stadium, xv, 4

  Yastrzemski, Carl, 177

  Z

  Zebra murders, the, 154