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a final word (for now) on memorials

shows the big train wearing a black armband for christy mathewson. both the senators and the pirates wore the armband during the 1925 world series.
he's wearing a black armband for the team's owner william baker, who died in december of 1930. baker was known as a tightwad whose penny pinching led to the team's fall from pennant winners in 1915 to 15 consecutive losing seasons.
haas had been the ceo of levi strauss & company since the late 1950's, and he bought the a's from charlie finley in 1980 in order to keep them in the bay area.