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
"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.