by Glenn Dickey
Oct 19, 2005

BILL KING was a remarkable broadcaster and an even more remarkable man. We will all miss him terribly.

More than anyone I’ve ever known, King lived his life as he wanted, oblivious to what others thought. Away from the park, he drove a battered car and lived on a houseboat, and he seemed to feel that anything invented after about 1950 was of no consequence, a category that included inter-league games.
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There’s an old saying that deaths come in threes.

I now believe it.

Three very unique men, connected in so many similar ways, have passed from the Bay Area’s sports scene.

First Bill Rigney passed away on February 20th, 2001 at the age of 73. Then Leonard Koppett succumbed to heart failure on June 22, 2003 as he approached his 80th birthday.

Lastly, completing the famous trio’s passing, Bill King, 78 years young, passed from us on October 18th, 2005.

All were very special men who were loved and respected by all that came in contact with them.

They had another wonderful character trait that separated them from all the others who were similarly situated in their field.

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The Lord needed somebody to do some play by play for the World Series in heaven
next week and he selected Bill King.

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Today started off like any other day. I got up, made coffee,
had breakfast with my wife and at about 12 noon I went out
to do some errands. I was on Doolittle drive on my way to the UPS depot to pick up a package. I was tuned to KNBR and
listened to Rick and Rod when the news came that Bill King,the longtime voice of the Oakland Athletics had passed
away. I was stunned. I was shocked and saddened that Bill
was gone. I enjoyed the pleasure of meeting him at the Coliseum several times and it was always exciting. This year, while at spring training, Bill was gracious enough to give me an interview for my local show in Alameda. He talked about how he became a broadcaster and his journey
in broadcasting. I will never forget that day. He was a terrific
announcer.I heard him do Raider games as well but I loved his baseball work. His passing will be felt by all those who knew him, worked with him and listened to him. He is irreplaceable.

Jerry Feitelberg

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by Glenn Dickey
Oct 18, 2005

NOBODY HAS more at stake in the National League Championship Series than St. Louis Cardinal manager Tony La Russa. If the Cardinals lose, La Russa may be looking for another job.

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You can take all the division winners, wild cards, and division series finalists, but what really matters is winning the pennant.

The White Sox won the pennant, their first since clinching the American League flag on September 22, 1959.

Back then Al Lopez was the manager, Early Wynn won the Cy Young award, when only one was given out, and Nellie Fox won the MVP award as teammates Luis Aparicio and Jim Landis were voted second and third in the balloting.

Now The Curse of Luis Aparicio is finally broken.

What you never heard of the Curse of Little Looie, the Hall of Fame White Sox shortstop?

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Just when you think you’ve seen everything in baseball something new happens that makes you realize you don’t have any real idea what goes on behind the closed doors of a major league front office.

Ken Macha is back managing the A’s when it seemed that he was on his way to managerial oblivion in Pittsburgh, Tampa Bay, or Baltimore.

Why did he return?

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The Fremont City Council met on Tuesday
October 11 and at the top of their agenda
was the possibility of luring the Oakland
A’S team to move here to Fremont.
As a citizen of the City of Fremont since 1979
I have seen this city grow from a small bedroom
community to the fourth largest in the Bay Area
with a population of 210,000. Only San José
San Francisco and Oakland have larger populations
in the Bay Area.
But I have to agree that this is a long long long
shot. Maybe the last shot in the dark for the A’S.
Homes that you could buy here in the 70s for
$50,000 are selling for $800,000 today. I have seen the
progress in this town, but to have a Major League
franchise would have to be a “regional effort”.

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Florida Teams a Good Fit for Mr. Macha

Though Ken Macha did not get the nod as the next Pirates’ manager, he still has plenty of options. Due to his reputation as a manager who excels with young players, his market value is high.

Like his old club, the Florida Marlins and Tampa Bay Devil Rays have outstanding young talent. The Marlins (29.2 years) track older than the Devil Rays, thanks to a mix of veterans along with playoff tested youth, such as outfielder Miguel Cabrera, and pitchers Dontrelle Willis, and Josh Beckett.

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As the playoff story unfolds the players who will be known forever in baseball history as the ones who led their teams through “October Baseball” step up on the national stage.

In Chicago, pitcher Jose Contreras is the key to the Sox winning the ALCS. The cagey veteran finally trusts his tricky assortment of pitches. In times past, the former Cuban national star has refused to challenge the hitters. Not so anymore, Contreras says here’s the ball, go ahead and try and hit it. So far he’s been the most dominating pitcher of the postseason.

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