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Don't want to post a link without asking first. But here's an Oakland A's Forum.
Unless I'm mistaken, the pitcher Jay Marshall isn't a ventriloquist magician who died in 2005. The link is wrong.
The "A" on the uniforms is not Old English.-- Hazillow 02:22, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
The A's have a new alternate uniform for this season (It's black, not green). Could someone who knows how to do that kind of thing get on it? Burntorange72 ( talk) 18:45, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
Anyone else see that Lewis Wolff is holding a press conference about the team's future on Friday. The new stadium will be a big part of this (and possibly if the team will even be the "Oakland" Athletics for much longer :( Gateman1997 02:55, 9 August 2005 (UTC)
I decided it might be time to bring MLB in line with the other sports and have an infobox in addition to the franchise box. Figured I'd experiment on the A's. Let me know what you think, you can see it here New Infobox for A's. Gateman1997 18:34, 9 September 2005 (UTC)
I believe that the Athletics have retired a jersey in honor of Walter Haas. Can anyone verify this? Is it appropriate for the Retired Numbers section?
Hello,
The rivals (See also:
Bay Bridge Series (Athletics-Giants),
City Series (Athletics-Phillies)) are listed on this page twice, once under the Rivals section and once under Quick facts. Do we need it in both places, or can it be stuck under the See also section? What say anyone?--
CrazyTalk 18:29, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
I would have to say it's technically known as "sloppy editing". Feel free to fix it. d:) Wahkeenah 20:51, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
Someone put that the A's and Giants have met 3 times in the World Series since their respective moves west, and that they have won two and one of those meetings, respectively. That's just not true. They've only met once since either team moved west, and the Giants have not won a single World Series, let alone one against the A's, since their move to San Francisco.
Most fellow A's fans consider the Angles to be the A's main rival. A's fans/players dislike the Angels even when they're bad, though it's not as intense as Raiders vs Broncos, Yankees vs Red Sox, etc. For example, many A's fans who normally dislike the Giants for being "the wine and cheese team" wanted them to win the 2002 World Series just because they were playing the Angels. But we could have cared less who won if the Mariners were playing.
Articles about the A's-Angels rivalry from 2014: http://www.latimes.com/sports/angels/la-sp-angels-athletics-baxter-20140829-story.html http://www.athleticsnation.com/2014/6/3/5774256/oh-how-i-love-beating-the-angels
From 2005: http://www.sports.espn.go.com/mlb/columns/story?columnist=kreidler_mark&id=2172668
Any objections to me adding a section about this sometime soon?
Sas3301 ( talk) 00:15, 9 March 2015 (UTC)
In the mid 70s, the A's shared the spring training camp with the Angels in Palm Springs. The A's had temporary camps 1968-79 in the Southwest US: El Centro, CA a few miles from the Mexican border; Las Vegas, NV (they have a current triple-A affiliate) and Tucson, AZ (they had an AAA pacific coast league team there at the time). In 1994, after the Angels' class-A Cal League team departed from Palm Springs, the Modesto A's had 20 home games when they were discussing to decidedly stay in Modesto anyway. 67.49.85.100 ( talk) 17:25, 8 April 2019 (UTC)
Would someone who understands the US franchising system care to contribute some words of wisdom to the Sports franchising article. It mentions Oakland Athletics as an example, but does't really say what it means. [Note that the references to "football" in Europe mean Association Football or "soccer" to you.] --A Confused Limey aka Concrete Cowboy 13:07, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
Some notes on my recent edits. Though Finley began phasing out the name "Athletics" from the day he bought the team, the name continued to appear in team yearbooks until 1970. The name "Oakland Athletics" appears prominently on the cover of the 1969 Yearbook (which featured a picture of Connie Mack). For the record, the team wore "OAKLAND" on home and road jerseys in 1968, then the traditional "A" on home and road jerseys in 1969. In 1970, the "apostrophe-s" was added, and has remained on the team's cap logo ever since.
According to the WikiProject baseball, it would make sense to just offer an abridged history of the Phila/KC years here and move the extensive (thank you editors) histories to their own entries. Any comments?
~ trialsanderrors 16:25, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
Steve Karsay has announced his retirement from baseball. 67.188.172.165 22:40, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
Anyone know where to get info to create new stub?
If memory serves me correctly Charlie-O was originally a gift from Stuart Symington who wanted the Athletics represented by a Democratic mule rather than Republican elephant. When the Athletics left KC there was controversy over whether the mule should go also. I can't find a citatation on it although this was in the KC Star at the time. Americasroof 07:42, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
Will Mount Davis be opened for the playoffs, or will they keep it covered? They're supposedly selling standing room only tickets, they could sell more if the Mount Davis seats were opened up. User:Zoe| (talk) 18:53, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
I believe the "A's" on the cap has thinner lines and harder angles than the updated "A's" in the main logo. Refer to player photos.
Yes, the cap logo is the same shape as the one in the official logo. The logo shown as the cap logo (the "fat A") is only used on some licensed apparel and does not appear on the uniform at all. 209.129.161.251 21:40, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
It's not the same image. The cap insignia looks like this: [1]. They are not the same. You even say that the fat A does not appear on the cap, why not change it to what it actually is? cheesesteaks3 20:36, 11 September 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.160.20.13 ( talk)
The image of the team's uniforms feature black cleats. Is there any way to change them to the white cleats that the Athletics wear? Would that violate any policy? Kraikk 12:59, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
The A's are relocating to Fremont,CA which is inbetween Oakland and San Jose. I think a section about their move should be added since they aren't really the Oakland A's anymore. --East Bay Citizen, --D.M.
I've been working on adding image forms of the retired numbers in all the retired number sections, and my latest one (mostly due to an incident on the controversial Reggie Jackson page), had been Oakland. I followed the model of the numbers atop Mount Davis, except for Haas in which I used the jersey on the right field fence as a model. Robinson's 42, however, doesn't seem to appear anywhere. If anyone can find an instance of Robinson's number being displayed at the Coliseum, it would be greatly appreciate it, although if everyone's okay with the current model, that works too. Also, anyone have a year for when Haas was honored? -- Silent Wind of Doom 21:33, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
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the uniform picture does not include the black alt. uniform of the a's, someone needs to fix this.-- Sonicobbsessed ( talk) 19:18, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
For what it's worth, Duchscherer is a big fan of the black alts. If he comes back to the rotation, you should be seeing the black alts more. —Preceding
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I am thinking of editing the Big three section, adding more detail as i think this is an important part of the Oakland Athletics History. How do you guys feel about that? Sidmsuri ( talk) 20:34, 17 June 2008 (UTC)Sid Suri
Am I the only one who finds the "retired number" table completely unreadable? The link colors on the green background are practically invisible; I had to highlight the page to read the names. What can we do to fix this? -- jpgordon ::==( o ) 04:43, 5 November 2009 (UTC)
Per WP:SPLIT: "If a section is split from the original article, a summary section should be left in the original ("main") article. At the top, it should contain a link to the newly created page, easily achieved with {{Main|Newly created page name here}} template." It appears that no summary was left behind when the history section was split from this article. If regular editors would care to write a short summary for the franchise history section, it would be of great help. KV5 ( Talk • Phils) 16:06, 29 December 2009 (UTC)
Given the fact that baseball is becoming an increasingly more international sport (i.e., more non-U.S. leagues in existence, more non-U.S. players in the MLB), the roster formatting on Wikipedia should probably be updated to reflect that. If you look at the formatting for other international sports (such as soccer), the player nationalities are indicated using flag icons. I think this would be a beneficial update to each of the major league rosters in the MLB, it would not be too difficult to implement and it would not clutter the information on the page. However, before such change a change is implemented, I thought it would be healthy to achieve at least some form of consensus on the talk page for each team. yuristache ( talk) 01:10, July 24, 2010 (UTC)
The lede mentions several dynasties. I understand the early Philadelphia dynasty, and the dynasty that won three straight in the early 70's...but two in a row means dynasty? That would mean the Blue Jays of the 90's are a dynasty and I've never seen them mentioned as such. Also, going to the World Series three years in a row and winning once most certainly doesn't constitute a dynasty, otherwise the Braves of the 90's would also be a dynasty. Furthermore, and most importantly, there appear to be no references standing for the assertion that these were actually "dynasties" and thus this would appear to be original research. I'll wait for someone more familiar with the A's history to rewrite this lede before I go ahead and do it myself. Thanks. TempDog123 ( talk) 00:54, 23 October 2011 (UTC)
I don't follow baseball but the movie Moneyball made the 20 win streak out to be a "huge deal". The wikipedia page barely mentions it or features it prominently. In fact isn't that the most notable fact about Oakland A? (from a general populace POV) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Meepdeedoo ( talk • contribs) 22:52, 28 November 2011 (UTC)
Regarding this edit: I have started a discussion on the talk page for WikiProject Baseball regarding the capitalization. Please provide your feedback in that thread. Thanks! isaacl ( talk) 03:18, 14 June 2014 (UTC)
Looking to create a wikipage for the Oakland A's 1972 team (The Mustache Gang) known for having beards and mustache's. Would appreciate it if anyone could point out any similar types of articles or if anyone knows good sources about the origins of the Mustache Gang. Appreciate any feedback. Thanks BrazilSean ( talk) 18:48, 25 September 2015 (UTC)
The Hall of Fame section is wrong on a couple of points, partly due to some misleading info and partly due to some incorrect info. One problem is that just because somebody played a game for the A's doesn't necessarily mean he should be listed, e.g. Orlando Cepeda, for whom you could count on one hand the number of games he played for the A's. And Ty Cobb??? Yes, he played for the A's in the last two years of his career after he got run out of Detroit., but nobody associates him with the A's. Those two should be removed. (Remember, the vast majority of Wikipedia readers are not experts in the field, and including them in the list gives those readers an erroneous impression.) I'm not sure what the correct threshold is, but one should be determined so that there are no "what's-he-doing-on-there?" situations, which probably would delete several people from this list.
Also, there is a problem with the (1) and (2) footnotes in the table. For some reason they include "player/manager" which doesn't apply to anyone here at all. Of the six, only Lou Boudreau was ever a player/manager and that was only with Cleveland. So that should be completely deleted. (Why is it there in the first place?) Also, the exact nature of the connection of the managers to the team is also unclear. I would suggest the following correction:
Luke Appling and Lou Boudreau should read, "inducted as player; managed Athletics"
Whitey Herzog and Tommy Lasorda should read, "inducted as manager; played for but never managed Athletics"
Tony La Russa and Dick Williams should read, "inducted as manager; played for and managed Athletics" __ 209.179.55.119 ( talk) 22:54, 1 November 2015 (UTC)
I don't think the A's Fremont "move" should be more than just a brief note since it did not pan out and was a bit of a longshot. I have since updated the very realistic talks of moving the A's to Howard Point at the Port of Oakland. The San Jose move is interesting because it went all the way to the high court so it's worth noting. — Preceding unsigned comment added by JoshuaB1122334455 ( talk • contribs) 03:14, 15 April 2016 (UTC)
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Oakland just filed a lawsuit over the ballpark. MLB just had threatened to relocate the team to Las Vegas. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.199.9.27 ( talk) 05:14, 12 October 2019 (UTC)
Maybe time to condense this section or split it off? conman33 ( . . .talk) 00:17, 5 March 2023 (UTC)
Someone should mention the name change once they move to sacramento in the lede and infobox. Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/sports/oakland-athletics-sacramento-rcna146413 2603:8001:B5F0:8370:1DFA:D1BA:EBE8:6872 ( talk) 16:33, 5 April 2024 (UTC)