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Athletics owner Charlie Finley poses with players (clockwise from top left) Rollie Fingers (34), Joe Rudi (26), Vida Blue (14), Gene Tenace (18), Bert Campaneris (19), Jim Catfish Hunter (27), Sal Bando (6), and Reggie Jackson (9) during a 1974 SI photo shoot. The team would win the World Series a couple months later. Can this year’s squad bring another championship to Oakland? (Neil Leifer/SI)
VERDUCCI: Oakland reminds us of why we love baseballSI VAULT: Catfish Hunter leads A’s into playoffs (10.7.74)

Athletics owner Charlie Finley poses with players (clockwise from top left) Rollie Fingers (34), Joe Rudi (26), Vida Blue (14), Gene Tenace (18), Bert Campaneris (19), Jim Catfish Hunter (27), Sal Bando (6), and Reggie Jackson (9) during a 1974 SI photo shoot. The team would win the World Series a couple months later. Can this year’s squad bring another championship to Oakland? (Neil Leifer/SI)

VERDUCCI: Oakland reminds us of why we love baseball
SI VAULT: Catfish Hunter leads A’s into playoffs (10.7.74)

It’s been 30 years since Reggie Jackson landed in California to help turn the Angels into World Series contenders. Though Jackson led the Angels to the ALCS twice (1982, 1986), he was never able to get them to the World Series. Can Albert Pujols have more success as he gets ready for his first season in Anaheim? (Andy Hayt/SI)
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It’s been 30 years since Reggie Jackson landed in California to help turn the Angels into World Series contenders. Though Jackson led the Angels to the ALCS twice (1982, 1986), he was never able to get them to the World Series. Can Albert Pujols have more success as he gets ready for his first season in Anaheim? (Andy Hayt/SI)

DIVISION PREVIEWSAL East | AL Central | AL West | NL East | NL Central |NL West