Charlie Finley, Oct. 8, 1974 in Memorial Stadium in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Harry Cabluck)
Forbes Article, Aug 21, 2018 in the SportsMoney section by Dan Schlossberg: “In fact, they have taken a page out of the old Charlie Finley playbook: sweat plus sacrifice equals success. That Finley formula produced five straight AL West titles wrapped around three consecutive world championships during the first half of the ‘70s.”
Oakland Athletics History by Nancy Finley King