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Just prior to the start of the 1974 World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Fingers and Odom got into a fight in the A's locker room after Odom made a comment about Fingers's wife. Though the incident lasted less than a minute, Fingers required six stitches on his head, and Odom sprained his ankle and had a noticeable limp.
Johnny Lee "Blue Moon" Odom (born May 29, 1945) is an American former professional baseball player. [1] He played as a right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1964 through 1976 , most notably as a member of the Oakland Athletics dynasty that won three consecutive World Series championships between 1972 and 1974.
Teammates Rollie Fingers and Blue Moon Odom had gotten into a fistfight. And the Series-winning manager of the previous year, Dick Williams was long gone, having had one personality clash too many with the Athletics front office.
November 3, 1973: Horacio Piña was traded by the Athletics to the Chicago Cubs for Bob Locker. [4]December 12, 1973: Rico Carty was released by the Athletics. [5]February 22, 1974: Reggie Jackson won an arbitration case for a $135,000 salary for the season, nearly doubling his previous year's $70,000.
Rollie Fingers relieved Hunter and Billy Martin called for a suicide squeeze that failed and McAuliffe was thrown out trying to score. Fingers then struck out Bill Freehan for the final out. In the ninth, with two outs, Tony Taylor doubled and Vida Blue intentionally walked Aurelio Rodríguez. Blue then retired pinch-hitter Willie Horton on a ...
The 1972 Oakland Athletics season was the 72nd season for the Oakland Athletics franchise, all as members of the American League, and their 5th season in Oakland.The Athletics won the American League West with a record of 93 wins and 62 losses.
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Rollie Fingers then relieved Hunter and induced pinch hitter Julián Javier to pop out to Hegan in foul territory to end the game. The World Series home loss was Reds' seventh-straight, which included three in the 1961 World Series against the New York Yankees (at Crosley Field ) and two in the 1970 World Series against the Baltimore Orioles.