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MUSTACHES ALL THE WAY
William Leggett
October 30, 1972
Down to the wire, that is, as the hirsute A's beat Cincinnati's Reds in the tightest World Series in history
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October 30, 1972

Mustaches All The Way

Down to the wire, that is, as the hirsute A's beat Cincinnati's Reds in the tightest World Series in history

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"If you go out in the street tomorrow and ask the fans which is the best baseball team," said a subdued Sparky Anderson, "they will tell you Oakland. The way they played against us and we played against them, I would agree. We didn't hit and they pitched as well as a team could. Although we pitched a little bit better than I thought we might."

Except, of course, to that man Gene Tenace.

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