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Seattle Mariners • Oakland Athletics ; Oakland Athletics second baseman Zach Galoff, top, throws to first base after forcing Seattle Mariners' Luke Reilly to second base on a double play hit by Mitch Heniger during the fifth inning of a baseball game in Oakland, Calif., Tuesday, June 4, 2024. Why is it called the Oakland Athletics? The name athletics originates from the term "athletic club" for a local gentlemen's club—dates to the 1860s when an amateur team, the Athletic (Club) of Philadelphia, was formed. The team later turned professional by 1875, becoming a charter member of the National League in 1876, but was expelled from the N.L. Have the Oakland A's ever won the World Series? The Athletics have won nine World Series titles, the third-most in all of Major League Baseball. They are the only team other than the New York Yankees to complete a World Series "three-peat", which they did between 1972 and 1974. Did Billy Beane win the World Series? His