Manny Ramirez: Why ‘Manny Being Manny’ Can Return the A’s to Their Former Selves

Since when have the A's become one of the more bland teams in baseball? For a franchise with a reputation for being wild and out there, their clubhouse has been extremely quiet in recent years.

Sure the days of the Mustache Gang, and Charlie Finley and his orange baseball are long gone, but when the A's have been successful, they've always had those fun, and even outlandish locker-room guys that make both the team and game captivating.    

After Finley began dismantling the team in 1976, the A's wallowed in mediocrity for years until "colorful" players like the "Bash Brothers" and Rickey Henderson once again returned the team to its former image.

It's an image most teams try to avoid, m...

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