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Bobby Winkles, the former A’s manager and Giants coach who made his most lasting contribution to baseball by building Arizona State into a national powerhouse, died Friday at age 90.
Winkles’ short managerial tenure with the A’s was notable in how it ended: With Oakland leading the American League West at 24-15 on May 21, 1978, Winkles abruptly quit, tired of A’s owner Charles O. Finley’s second-guessing.
Winkles first joined the A’s midway through the 1974 season, shortly after being fired as manager of the California Angels, as Oakland manager Alvin Dark’s third-base coach.