Finley Ball (22 page)

    
hired as the new manager,
206

    
marries Jill,
209

Masons, the,
29

McCatty, Steve,
195
,
201

McDonald, Marie,
31

McGaha, Mel,
37

McGarr, Frank,
192–94

McGuff, Joe,
4–6
,
51

McGuff, Kay,
51

McKenzie, Mike,
128

McKeon, Jack,
194–95

McNally, Dave,
134
,
184

Mehl, Ernie,
xv
,
7
,
11
,
13
,
17–18
,
21
,
23
,
39
,
43
,
57
,
76–78
,
80–81
,
87
,
155
,
211
,
236

    
initial relationship with Charlie Finley,
3–5

    
“Poison Pen” award,
8–9

    
relationship to Arnold Johnson,
3–4

Menke, Dennis,
123

Merritt Bakery,
171

Messersmith, Andy,
160
,
184

Mets, the,
135–36
,
139–40

Mexia, TX,
32

Michael Andrews v. Charles O. Finley, et al.
,
144

Miller, Marvin,
3
,
58
,
65
,
109
,
163
,
184
,
234

Milner, John,
139

Milwaukee Brewers, the,
108

Milwaukee County Stadium,
169

Minnesota Twins, the,
97
,
115
,
207
,
212

Miss America,
31
,
179

“Missouri Waltz,”
23

Modesto, CA,
161
,
233

Monarchs, the,
40

Monday, Rick,
59
,
80
,
86

Moneyball
,
35
,
237

Montreal Expos, the,
98

Moore, Donald,
141

Moore, Monte,
51
,
73
,
93–94
,
190

Morabito, Mickey,
208

Morgan, Joe,
121
,
123

Morgan, Mike,
201

Mormon Church, the,
152

Moss, Dick,
163

Mount St. Helens,
211

Muehlebach, George,
30

Muehlebach Hotel, the,
29–31
,
33
,
52
,
63

“Mule Train, The,”
53

Murphy, Dwayne,
201
,
212
,
221

Mussman, Bob,
57

“Mustache Gang,” the,
170

Mustache Gang
(Bergman),
86

N

Nahas, Robert T.,
85

Nash, Jumbo Jim,
60

National Baseball Hall of Fame,
59
,
65
,
160
,
190
,
212

National Football League (NFL),
47

National Tuberculosis Association,
238

Navajo Code Talkers,
xv

NBC,
216

Negro leagues,
40

Newhouse, Dave,
236

Newton, Huey P.,
95

New York City,
4
,
51
,
54

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

Nimitz Freeway, the,
85

Nolan, Gary,
119

Norris, Mike,
195
,
201
,
221

North, Billy,
61
,
156
,
160–61
,
177
,
185
,
194

Northwestern University,
51
,
193

O

Oakland A's,
xi–xiii
,
85
,
94
,
112
,
114
,
121
,
161
,
169–70
,
174
,
188
,
199
,
203
,
208
,
211
,
219
,
225
,
230–31

    
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
49
ers,
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