The Californian baseball team athletes, known as the Oakland A's won the major United States caneball championship -- The World Series -- last year. This spring they have won only seven out of fifteen games played, but the team is confident it will rediscover its winning streak when the season gets under way in carnest.

The team is virtually unchanged, but Al Dark has replaced Dick Williams as manager. However, there have been numerous rumours of quarrels and disagreement within the team. Captain Sal Bando tried to assess the effect of these quarrels in an interview with Television News Incorporated reporter, Charles Amonson.