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13. Here's another story he told me ...

Sat Dec 21, 2024, 09:18 PM

Dec 21

When playing with the A's, in the last year of his contract, they were out of playoff contention.
The GM came to his locker to tell him he was traded to the Toronto Blue Jays. Rickey was not happy, because he wanted to re-sign with his hometown A's.
The GM told him, "Don't worry, we're only renting you to the Blue Jays for 8 weeks. Go win yourself a World Series. Then we'll re-sign you in the off season."
He goes to Toronto & stays at the hotel that's in the Skydome (now known as Rogers Centre), for 8 weeks. Wins the World Series, then re-signs with the A's, just as the GM told him.

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