RED AG 98 said:
1st team to win 4 in a row since 1971-74 A's
Managed by Dick Williams, who lived down the street from my mom who knew him well. She still follows the Astros at age 88 and we had a nice chat over the phone this morning. Although I lost my dad late in 2017 at least I still have her as a link to the past and who attended games when they were the Colt 45's with my dad.
And no, I was not named after him although I got to meet him after an Astros - Padres game in the early 80's, he was a super nice guy and a great manager who got screwed over by their terrible owner, Charlie Finley, who was a complete jack ass. Kinda ironic that the A's still suffer from terrible ownership.