The Baseball History of Oakland Athletics Los Angeles Times Edition

THE COUNTDOWN is on in the bottom of the ninth, tension hanging over the Oakland Coliseum like never before. The pitch … swung on, fly ball to center field, Henderson drifts back … makes the catch! The crowd can hardly breathe. After a long wait since 1974, it has to be ours! The nerves are unbearable, then … the final out, the Oakland Athletics have won the 1990 World Series!, nine championships now for the franchise, history secured at last!

Follow the story of the Oakland Athletics through a book of authentic newspaper articles, curated from original reports dating back to 1910. This edition charts the team’s history — exactly as it was reported at the time.

Featuring:

– The first World Series title in 1910 and the legendary $100,000 Infield
– Three titles in four years during the early Philadelphia era (1910 – 1913)
– Five World Series championships won in Philadelphia (1910, 1911, 1913, 1929, 1930)
– The team’s years in Kansas City from 1955 to 1967 and the challenges of relocation
– The move to Oakland in 1968 and three consecutive World Series titles from 1972 to 1974
– The ninth and most recent World Series title in 1990

Choose from a range of book covers and personalise your copy with a name and message to transform it into a unique keepsake. Whether for an Athletics fan, a baseball history enthusiast, or someone who remembers it all first-hand — you hold not just a gift, but a piece of Athletics history ready to be passed on.

Archivist insight: We reproduce these newspaper articles from scan archives. In some cases, there’ll be blemishes and the reproduction quality might not be as clear or precise as it was in the original paper.