...with their teams because of their liaisons with gambling casinos. Kuhn feuded with colorful personalities: owners Charlie Finley, Ted Turner, George Steinbrenner and Ray Kroc; former star players Mays, Mantle and Curt Flood; union head Marvin...

...won the AL Cy Young Award in 1974. At the end of that season, he was declared a free agent because Oakland owner Charlie Finley had failed to make annuity payments on his contract. That set off a parade of baseball officials who slogged through...

...phenomenon. No, they're just the latest and the most aggravating because they're allegedly defending their title. Charlie Finley trade to sell his Oakland A's superstars for cash after they won three straight championships in the early '70s...

...of a rainout against the Yankees April 3. If the A's go under 1 million, it would be the first time since 190, Charlie Finley's last year of ownership. Oakland never drew less than 1 million while the late Walter A. Haas Jr. owned the...

...baseman (Felix Millan) was a little banged up." Atlanta never received the "player to be named later." "(Owner Charlie) Finley told the Braves, `The kind of player he was, don't worry about it.'," La Russa said.

...would never forget. "That was the most thrilling time of my life," Henderson said, remembering former As owner Charlie Finley. "Charlie, wherever you're at, and that donkey, I want to say thank you for that opportunity." When Finley...

...stadium in the city if he was elected mayor. When he won, he set to work to fulfill his campaign promise. Allen wooed Charlie Finley and the Kansas City Athletics for a time, then persuaded a group of Chicago businessmen who owned the Milwaukee Braves...

...stadium in the city if he was elected mayor. When he won, he set to work to fulfill his campaign promise. Allen wooed Charlie Finley and the Kansas City Athletics for a time, then persuaded a group of Chicago businessmen who owned the Milwaukee Braves...