In modern baseball history, only one team not named the New York Yankees has ever won three consecutive World Series.
Led by such superstars as future Hall of Famers Reggie Jackson, Catfish Hunter and Rollie Fingers, in the final years before free agency and the movement of playersfrom one team to another forever changed the game, the Athletics were a largely homegrow.
That team was the Oakland Athletics, who captured major league baseball\'s crown each year from 1972 through 1974.
In modern baseball history, only one team not named the New York Yankees has ever won three consecutive World Series