History of the Oakland Athletics the American League to move the A's from the "City of Brotherly Love" to Kansas City, he sold Blues Stadium to the city, which renamed it Kansas City Municipal Stadium and leased it back to Johnson. The lease gave Johnson a three-year escape clause if the team failed to draw one million or more customers per season. The subsequent lease signed in 1960 also contained an escape clause if the team failed to draw 850,000 per season. Normally, Johnson would have had to pay the Yankees an indemnity for moving to Kansas City, and also would have had to reimburse
Chuck E.'s In Love Chuck E.'s In Love "Chuck E.’s In Love" is a song by American singer/songwriter Rickie Lee Jones. Released in 1979 on her eponymous debut album, "Rickie Lee Jones" from Warner Bros. Records, the song became her biggest hit, going to number 4 on the "Billboard "U.S. Hot 100 list. "Chuck E.’s In Love" is Track 1 on Side 1 of the "Rickie Lee Jones" LP, on which it runs 3:28 minutes long. It is Side A on the single; the B-side is “On Saturday Afternoon in 1963”. Jones and her lover/fellow songwriter Tom Waits spent a lot of time hanging