A's Roster and Stats: 1972 | 1973 | 1974 CNN/SI Baseball Page Playoff Coverage Season in Review		Here's what was happening in America in 1973: Oakland A's 4, New York Mets 3 By surviving seven wild games against the upstart Mets, Oakland won its second straight championship. Owner Charles O. Finley stole the spotlight from his team when he tried to fire second baseman Mike Andrews following a poor performance in Game Two. Andrews was reinstated by Commissioner Bowie Kuhn. After the Series, manager Dick Williams fled Finley's asylum. New York Knicks 4 Los Angeles Lakers 1 Miami Dolphins 24, Minnesota Vikings 7 Montreal Canadiens 4 Chicago Blackhawks 2 Formula One racing champion Jackie Stewart 1. All in the Family 2. Sanford and Son 3. Hawaii Five-O 4. Maude 5. Bridget Loves Bernie 6. The NBC Sunday Mystery Movie 7. The Mary Tyler Moore Show 8. Gunsmoke 9. The Wonderful World of Disney 10. Ironside Watergate Judge John Sirica      1. You're So Vain, Carly Simon 2. Superstition, Stevie Wonder 3. Crocodile Rock, Elton John 4. Killing Me Softly with His Song, Roberta Flack 5. Love Train, O'Jays 6. The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia, Vicki Lawrence 7. Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Ole Oak Tree, Dawn, featuring Tony Orlando 8. You Are the Sunshine of My Life, Stevie Wonder 9. Frankenstein, The Edgar Winter Group 10. My Love, Paul McCartney & Wings Best Picture: The Sting Actor: Jack Lemmon, Save the Tiger Actress: Glenda Jackson, A Touch of Class Director: George Roy Hill, The Sting   Photographs by: Walter Iooss Jr. (A's cover, NBA Finals), Tony Triolo (Sportsman cover), Henry Grossman (Roberta Flack), Time Magazine 1973 (Time cover)