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Finley completes record one day sale gutting A's roster
Oakland owner Charles C. Finley sells star outfielder Joe Rudi and reliever Rollie Fingers for $1 million each and pitcher Vida Blue for $1.5 million before the midnight trading deadline. The moves leave Sal Bando and Gene Tenace as the remaining core as Finley pledges to rebuild with cash to buy new players while acknowledging the loss of a championship core from 1972 to 1974.
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Eric Prewitt
Oakland
Charles C. Finley
Oakland A
Sal Bando
Gene Tenace
Finley
Joe Rudi
Rollie Fingers
Vida Blue
Rudi
Fingers
Boston
Red Sox
A’s
Tenace
Blue
New York Yankees
Oach
Yankees
Ken Holtzman
Baltimore
Catfish Hunter
Holtzman
Cash
Bando
Bert Campaneris
Hunter
Dick Green
Aea Ee
Reggie Jackson
Mike Torrez
Don Baylor
Paul Mitchell
Baylor
Campaneris
Chuck Tanner
Billy Williams
The
A's
Tanner
Charlie F
Johnson
Jim Rice
Fred Lynn
Dwight Evans
Carl Yastrzemski
Alexander
Grant Jackson
Elrod Hendricks
California Angels
Chicago White Sox
Pete Varney
Atlanta Braves
John “Blue Moon” Odom
Richmond
Iowa
Andy Merchant
Steve Dillard
Pawtucket