In two years as TIME'S sportswriter, Philip Taubman has spoof-sparred with Muhammad Ali, volleyed verbally with Jimmy Connors and tried to keep pace with Walt Frazier. But nothing in his experience prepared him for reporting this week's cover story on Oakland A's Owner Charlie O. Finley, the P.T. Barnum of baseball. "I am 30 years younger than Finley," Taubman says, "but I could barely keep up with him. He really wore me out." Taubman followed Finley from his Chicago digs through the All-Star game in Milwaukee and on to Kansas City last week to...
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