2013 ALDS: Detroit Tigers-Oakland A’s Playoff Rivalry Began with a Bat Toss

The eyes are wild, the face tight and taut. He is caught in pre-fling, rage washed over his mug. He is prepared to throw the bat, and it looks as if he wants the lumber to behead its intended target.

Bert Campaneris is shown in the photograph in the split second before he whips the bat toward Tigers pitcher Lerrin LaGrow.

That moment of indiscretion fired the first salvo in the playoff wars between the Oakland A’s and the Detroit Tigers.

It came in Game 2 of the 1972 American League Championship Series, in Oakland. The A’s had won Game 1 and were ahead 5-0 in the seventh inn...

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