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A's unveiled orange baseballs 46 years ago Friday
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Playoff flashback, 1972: Oakland A's vs Detroit Tigers - Bless You Boys
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How baseball changed forever in 1972: A timeline of MLB's most memorable events, 50 years later
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MC Hammer And The Oakland A's
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The Bookshelf Conversation: Jason Turbow
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Jack McKeon – Society for American Baseball Research
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Talking MLB Uniforms with A's Equipment Manager Steve Vucinich
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Ranking all 30 MLB teams' uniforms - Fish Stripes
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A baseball card mystery: Ken Holtzman's 1974 Topps card