ESPN play-by-play man Matt Vasgersian was 8-years-old when he uttered a curse word in front of his dad for the first time — and the Oakland A’s made him do it.
Sort of.
It was early October, 1975. Father and son had just watched, in their Moraga home, the A’s fall to the Boston Red Sox in the American League playoffs, ending Oakland’s incredible three-year run as world champions. The elder Vasgersian, a native New Englander, was pleased with the outcome. His young son, who was born in Oakland and bled green and gold, definitely was not.