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BASEBALL QUOTES
Web site presents quotes by and about former baseball team owner Charlie Finley
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Click here to view ===> BASEBALL QUOTES
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Source: espn.go.com
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Bonus: Baseball-related trivia about former baseball team owner
Charlie Finley.
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Memorable Charlie Finley baseball experiments:
-- He named a mule Charlie O. and made it the Kansas City A's mascot.
-- Had baseballs delivered to the umpire behind home plate by a mechanical rabbit that popped out of the ground.
-- Had cookies delivered to umpires during games. The cookies were made by A's employee Debbie Fields, who turned the chocolate-chip recipe into the "Mrs. Fields" empire.
-- Hired as a bat boy Stanley Burrell, who became rap star M.C. Hammer.
-- Finley advocated orange baseballs, which were tried briefly in exhibitions. Tried to speed up games by reducing walks to three balls.
-- He paid $300 to each player who agreed to wear a mustache. His A's were first team to wear white shoes.
-- Two of his ideas became standards of the game - the designated hitter and night World Series games.
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Source: freelibrary.com
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Bonus: Video of M. C. Hammer (Ex-bat boy for the A's baseball team)
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Youngsters (50 years old and younger), put on your dancing shoes!
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Seniors (Older than 50), stand fast!!!
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"LET'S GET READY TO RUMBLE!"
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Click here to view ===> M C HAMMER MUSIC VIDEO
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Source: youtube.com
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