Many people don’t remember the subjects of the new documentary the “Swingin’ A’s.” The Oakland Athletics won three straight World Series Championships from 1972 through 1974.
Often the team is overshadowed when people think of 1970’s baseball by the Cincinnati Reds “Big Red Machine,” However the A’s will be remembered tonight at 6:00 PM PT.
The documentary will be narrated by Oakland’s one and only M.C. Hammer, who was a clubhouse attendant for the A’s during the time that eccentric owner Charlie Finley had control of the team.
On a side note, not everyone knows that Oakland-born rapper MC Hammer got his name from the members of the 1970’s A’s who told him he looked like Hammerin’ Hank Aaron.