1977-79 Oakland A's
Saw a lot of them in Spring Training those years, mainly playing the Padres in Yuma. Interesting time period for the A's as well. Their great teams of the early-mid 70's having been gutted by free agency and not yet the competitive "Billy Ball" under manager Billy Martin where they crawled back to respectability.
Some of my favorites- Mike Edwards, Mitchell Page, Wayne Gross, Tony Armas,
Jim Essian, Taylor Duncan.
Also collecting 1969 Padres bats which has morphed into a 1969-1976 collection.
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