Apparently the A's have asked permission to speak with Orel Hershiser.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...PG6LF7M8D1.DTL
How ironic would this be? He was the first baseball guy I truly hated. (I didn't hate Kirk Gibson until later, because I didn't realize the ramifications of the Game 1 loss until Hershiser dominated us in Game 2.)