![1970s Baseball - 1974: Oakland A's Owner Charlie Finley poses with](https://storage.googleapis.com/cdn.thenevadaindependent.com/2023/07/051223_oaklandAthletics_v_texasRangers_00468.jpg)
Las Vegas would be good for A's - The Nevada Independent
![1970s Baseball - 1974: Oakland A's Owner Charlie Finley poses with](https://media.gettyimages.com/id/90440564/photo/pitcher-jim-catfish-hunter-of-the-oakland-athletics-pitches-during-a-circa-early-1970s-major.jpg?s=612x612&w=gi&k=20&c=AkqJexiWqDifRyF49M55p_D2nbhQvNEZ3f26np4UpRw=)
143 Athletics Jim Catfish Hunter Stock Photos, High-Res Pictures, and Images - Getty Images
![1970s Baseball - 1974: Oakland A's Owner Charlie Finley poses with](https://whiterocklakeweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/MULL-14-cmyk-Vida-Blue-Beckett.jpg)
Humble Blue an accidental superstar – White Rock Lake Weekly
![1970s Baseball - 1974: Oakland A's Owner Charlie Finley poses with](https://www.cooperstownexpert.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Dick-Williams-Charlie-Finley.jpeg)
Charles O. Finley - Cooperstown Expert
![1970s Baseball - 1974: Oakland A's Owner Charlie Finley poses with](https://s.hdnux.com/photos/01/32/61/67/23797235/10/1200x0.jpg)
Vida Blue, former ace of the A's and Giants in the '70s, dies at 73
![1970s Baseball - 1974: Oakland A's Owner Charlie Finley poses with](https://lookaside.fbsbx.com/lookaside/crawler/media/?media_id=10207366623882202)
1970s Baseball - 1974: Oakland A's Owner Charlie Finley poses with the core of his 3-time World Championship club: RP Rollie Fingers, LF Joe Rudi, P Vida Blue, RF Reggie Jackson, C-1B
![1970s Baseball - 1974: Oakland A's Owner Charlie Finley poses with](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/Bert_Campaneris_2012.jpg)
Bert Campaneris - Wikipedia
![1970s Baseball - 1974: Oakland A's Owner Charlie Finley poses with](https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/theworldlink.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/f/84/f84c1a46-c2a7-5445-a926-bb55416da713/55a7145f4be10.image.jpg?resize=486%2C500)
In 1970, the Oakland Athletics brought a minor league team to North Bend. Three years later, the Coos Bay-North Bend Athletics were gone., Local Sports
![1970s Baseball - 1974: Oakland A's Owner Charlie Finley poses with](https://baseballhall.org/sites/default/files/styles/story_popup_thumb_540/public/Finley%20Charles%20OA74-969HS_NBLMcWilliams_0.jpg.jpeg?itok=TEBMXgqA)
Rollie Fingers' three days with the Red Sox