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The nickname " A's " has long been used interchangeably with " Athletics ," dating to the team's early days when headline writers wanted a way to shorten the name.
From 1972 through 1980, the team nickname was officially " Oakland A's ," although, during that time, the Commissioner's Trophy, given out annually to the winner of baseball's World Series, still listed the team's name as the " Oakland Athletics " on the gold-plated pennant representing the Oakland franchise.
According to Bill Libby's Book, Charlie O and the Angry A's, owner Charlie O. Finley banned the word " Athletics " from the club's name because he felt that name was too closely associated with former Philadelphia Athletics owner Connie Mack, and he wanted the name " Oakland A's " to become just as closely associated with him.
The name also vaguely suggested the name of the old minor league Oakland Oaks, which were alternatively called the " Acorns.
" New owner Walter Haas restored the official name to " Athletics " in 1981, but retained the nickname " A's " for marketing purposes.
At first, the word " Athletics " was restored only to the club's logo, underneath the much larger stylized -" A " that had come to represent the team since the early days.
By 1987, however, the word returned, in script lettering, to the front of the team's jerseys.

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