🎙 ""and it is... GONE!"" OTD 1973: The A's beat the Mets in Game 7 of the World Series! | Athletics

⚾️On October 17, 1974 in Game 5 of the World Seires, the Oakland Athletics beat the Dodgers 3-2 to take the World Series title 4 games to 1. Rollie Fingers got his 2nd save of the Fall Classic and was named Series MVP (he also was earned a win in the series). Oakland became the first team to win 3 consecutive World Series since the New York Yankees won 5 in a row between 1949 and 1953; the win secured the Athletics' status as one of the truly dominant teams of the 1970s. The other "team of the d

⚾️On October 13, 1974 Oakland’a Herb Washington, representing the tying run in the top of the 9th is picked off first base by Dodgers closer Mike Marshall for the 2nd out of Game 2, the only contest the A's will lose in the World Series. The world-class sprinter, who will never have a plate appearance in his brief 105-game career, was selected by Athletics owner Charlie Finley to become the team's "designated runner," a position that doesn't exist with any other major league club. Marshall then

18K views · 831 reactions | On this day in 1974, the A’s win game three of the World Series against Los Angeles, 3-2. Jim Hunter, who picked up the save in game one, pitches 7 1/3 innings for the win. | Athletics | Facebook

Los Angeles #Dodgers pitcher Tommy John talks with Tony Kubek at the Oakland Coliseum during the 1974 World Series about his now famous season-ending surgery! #MLB #Legend #Baseball #History | Baseball by BSmile