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The 1973 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1973 season.The 70th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff played between the American League (AL) champion (and defending World Series champion) Oakland Athletics and the National League (NL) champion New York Mets.
The 1973 Oakland Athletics season was the 73rd season for the Oakland Athletics ... The A's won the World Series in seven games after rallying from a three games to ...
The Athletics' lone World Series championship of the era was a four-game sweep of the cross-bay rival San Francisco Giants in the 1989 World Series. Unfortunately for the A's, their sweep of the Giants was overshadowed by the Loma Prieta earthquake that occurred at the start of Game 3 before a national television audience.
The Swingin' A's is a nickname for the Oakland Athletics (A's) Major League Baseball team, primarily used in reference to the A's team of the 1970s that dominated the American League from 1971 to 1975, won three consecutive World Series championships in 1972, 1973 and 1974, and is widely recognized as being among the best in baseball history. [1]
In a transaction requested by his old manager Dick Williams despite the objections of team owner Charlie Finley, Andrews signed with the Oakland Athletics on July 31, 1973. A part of the ballclub's postseason roster, he appeared in two games of the American League Championship Series, entering both as a pinch hitter.
A six-time All-Star and three-time 20-game winner, Blue helped pitch the Swingin’ A’s, as Charley Finley’s colorful, mustachioed team was The post Vida Blue, led Oakland to 3 World Series ...
2× World Series champion (1973, 1974) Darold Duane Knowles (born December 9, 1941) is an American former professional baseball pitcher and coach , [ 1 ] who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1965 through 1980 , most notably as a member of the Oakland Athletics dynasty that won three consecutive World Series championships between 1972 ...
The Athletics defeated the Mets in seven games to win their second straight World Series title and seventh overall. Game 1 was a pitchers' duel between Oakland's Ken Holtzman and New York's Jon Matlack , which was won by the former as the Athletics prevailed by a 2–1 score.