After surviving the Charlie Finley years, you’d think that things would go back to being somewhat normal, right? After all, Finley was the owner who kept a flock of sheep, and a shepherd, on the right field berm. He kept a small zoo on the leftfield berm. He had a mechanical rabbit, Harvey, that would pop up behind the home plate ump and deliver a refill of fresh baseballs. He went to promotional events with the team mascot, Charlie-O, a Missouri mule. Imagine going to Commerce Bank for an Athletics promotional event and walking in and seeing a mule in the lobby?
Stranger things
