Part of the A’s marketing plan for the second half of the season is a turn-back-the-clock game Saturday Aug. 6 with the Chicago Cubs in town.
For that reason A’s equipment manager Steve Vucinich brought along a copy of the Sports Illustrated cover of April 27, 1981 entitled “The Amazing A’s And Their Five Aces.’’
Pitchers Rick Langford, Steve McCatty, Brian Kingman, Matt Keough and Mike Norris are pictured wearing the yellow uniform that the team frequented that season, and Vucinich wanted to show the players and coaches and manager Bob Melvin the uniform the A’s will be sporting that day.