Founded in 1901 as the Philadelphia Athletics, the Oakland A's, as they are commonly known, spent 11 seasons in Kansas City before moving west in 1968. While many know the team for its modern-era, marquee players—Reggie Jackson, Rollie Fingers, Rickey Henderson, Catfish Hunter, Mark McGwire, Dennis Eckersley, Dave Stewart, and Vida Blue, to name but a few—the Oakland A's changed the game of baseball forever when Billy Beane, its general...Continue Reading