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Bookmark or Share- Charlie Finley - WikipediaCharles Oscar Finley (February 22, 1918 – February 19, 1996), nicknamed "Charlie O" or "Charley O", was an American businessman who owned Major League Baseball's Oakland Athletics. Finley purchased the franchise while it was located in Kansas City, moving it to Oakland in 1968.
- Charlie Finley – Society for American Baseball ResearchWorking at a time when baseball abhorred change of any stripe, Charlie Finley had more ideas and imagination than all his fellow owners put together. Tactless, rude, and vulgar, he could outwork everyone, running his insurance company in Chicago while badgering his baseball employees at long distance.
- Expansion, Round Two: How Charlie Finley Blew Up BaseballCincinnati and Atlanta from the Eastern time zone agreed to join the Mostly Western Division, enticed by the additional dates with the Dodgers and Giants. Like the first expansion in 1960, the chaotic second round showed that the organization of Organized Baseball was obsolete.
- Charles O. Finley, Baseball Team Owner Who Challenged Traditions ...Charles O. Finley, the contentious and colorful former owner of the Oakland A's who challenged baseball tradition by championing changes like bright-colored uniforms and the designated hitter...
- Charlie Finley, Colorful Innovator in Baseball, DiesCharlie O. Finley, the former Oakland Athletics owner whose often successful efforts to create winning teams and new ideas for baseball were overshadowed by his colorful and cantankerous ...
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