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The first one is from Spring Training 1983, due to the presence of Roy Smalley and Steve Kemp (both of whom were gone from the team by mid-season 1983) Billy Marting managed the oakland As during the 1982 season then quit/was fired/was asked to leave after blowing out the A's Pitching rotation during said 1982 season (the same rotation he used to lead the A's to the playoffs in the previous 1981 season.) 1982 was also the year Rickey Henderson set the single season Stolen base record while under Martin.




Burg, I'm posting this because I love you like a brother. Do you realize that your innocent post might be misconstrued as an attempt to demonstrate that the illustrious JimB is "once again, talking out of (his) ass"?

Didn't you read where he said:
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And HOW do you know Billy signed it while he was still manager of the team?

Once again, Dan, you're talking out your ass.




Don't you appreciate that by pointing out that he's a fool he might marshall the resources of all of his alt-IDs and vote down your number of stars?

He lives in New York you know. He's almost a lawyer too. Aren't you afraid of all of his pretend knowledge?

If I were you, I'd keep a low profile for a couple of days. Just sayin'... Wouldn't want to see your empty chair cloating in the Hudson river.




I am not trying to make anyone look like an ass, I was actually trying sincerely to help the old grumpy bastard out, because I think of him as a brother. I think of a lot of people here like brothers (or sisters)....

I dont talk about it much for MANY reasons, but I have a fairly extensive collection/quasi business in sports memoribilia, collectibles and antiques. In fact, I paid a fair chunk of my Harvard bill back in the day with buying and selling of baseball cards, when baseball cards outperformed stocks as an investment option.

I am also a die-hard yankee fan and general baseball wonk. I know all kinds of useless (and useful) shit.

Bottom line Bornyo, if you dont want to do research on e-bay yourself to see what other people are getting for similar shit, just put the things up with a minimum bid of what YOU WANT to get for them and see what happens. If they didnt cost you anything in the first place, you have already won.

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