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Mr.Bill

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3. As a former Bay Area resident,

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Sun May 7, 2023, 04:15 PM

May 2023

a lot of my good memories of that A's team in the early 70s revolve around him. Pretty good local sportscaster in his later years, too. He will be missed.

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