The A’s went down the rabbit hole Tuesday while embracing a vestige from the colorful times of the Charlie Finley era.
Some 47 years after the uniquely mechanical “Harvey the Rabbit” last served up new baseballs for umpires, the A’s will unveil “Harvey Jr.” on Friday night as part of their 50th Anniversary celebration.
Harvey the Rabbit dates back to our KC days and moved to Oakland with the A's. He would pop out of the ground throughout the game to deliver baseballs to the home plate umpire. New Harvey will be remote-controlled and will deliver the ceremonial first pitch ball to the umpires.