Jerry McDonald has been with the Bay Area News Group for more than 30 years, with a heavy concentration of NFL football since the Raiders returned to Oakland in 1995. His all-time favorite athlete is a right-handed pitcher at Division III Linfield College in Oregon.
Oakland Athletics’ Khris Davis, left, salutes teammates in the dugout as he rounds the bases past third base umpire Sean Barber on a solo home run in the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles in Baltimore, Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2017. Oakland won 6-4. Go ahead and put April 19, 2019 in an Athletics time capsule. It almost seems like a dream when looking at the A’s business model under owner John Fisher, but it actually happened.
Less than a month later on May 5, Davis, playing left field in a National League park in Pittsburgh, leaned over the railing to make a circus catch — ironic in that defense was never his strong suit — and it’s no exaggeration to say he was never the same. The 77 home runs in Oakland are ninth in the history of the facility despite Davis’ playing 314 games there. That’s nine more than Matt Olson, five fewer than Rickey Henderson.
Davis’ signing sparked some optimism that maybe the A’s would do more to keep their own. The hadn’t made such a contract commitment since 2004, when Eric Chavez signed a six-year, $66 million extension. Which was the year before Fisher and Lew Wolff took over ownership.“Obviously I want to be part of this organization and love coming to play here,” Chapman said. “I want to be part of this for a long time, and Khris is a step in the right direction for all of that.
Davis was not a big talker or much into self-promotion, and teammates as well as the fan base loved him for it. One of his entertaining quirks was his batting average was .247 for each of his 40-plus home run seasons .
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