Joe Rudi, a major contributor to the A's three world championships and five division titles 30 years ago, also was part of baseball's early free- agent exodus, which particularly hurt Oakland.

One of the honorees was Joe Rudi, who began his big-league career by playing 19 games in Kansas City in 1967, the year before the A's landed in Oakland. When the A's arrived at the Coliseum ...

Team Gwen went head-to-head on a recent episode of The Voice, with contestants Joslynn Rose and Rudi battling it out with a rendition of “My Immortal” by Evanescence. The battle opened with ...