Charles O. Finley was buried Thursday, surrounded by his family, friends and two of the players he loved most. “Charlie Finley was contentious and outspoken, but when times caught up with his ...

Months before the 1965 baseball season, Charles O. Finley stood before the South Central ... She says they used to reside at the East Bay SPCA, a short walk from the Coliseum, but when rumors ...

Oakland had invited Charles O. Finley to move his storm-tossed Kansas ... Candlestick Park was just across the bay, but every community wants its own stadium, said George Vukasin Sr., ...

The fascinating thing about Charles O. Finley ... make the motives of Finley & friends any nobler or any less obvious. Moving the A’s to Oakland will cut into the Bay Area monopoly enjoyed ...

Charles O. Finley ... twiddled their thumbs while Finley pleaded for permission to move to Louisville. Then they voted 9 to 1 (Finley was the one) to ship him back to Kansas City.

Charles O. Finley usually was ahead of his time and occasionally behind in his payments. This, plus an apparent aversion to sleep, enabled him to leave his mark on baseball at any hour ...

the Oakland A's mascot mule in both Kansas City and Oakland. Owner Charles Finley named the mule after himself. He took Charlie O. to events, restaurants, bars, games and onto the field before ...

Larry MacPhail is there. Bill Veeck is there. So why isn’t Charles O. Finley in the Baseball Hall of Fame? The colorful but controversial owner of the Athletics in both Kansas City and Oakland ...