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recalls with a laugh.)
The Rudis moved to the
ranch permanently.
Later in 1977 their
daughter, Heather, was born,
followed by their third son,
Shaun, in 1979.
“This is where we wanted
to be,” Rudi said.
RUDI
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That group included the
core of the A’s teams that
would become the fi rst to win
three straight world champi-
onships since the New York
Yankees in the late 1940s and
early 1950s.
That was, Rudi says with
a laugh, a much different era
in baseball.
There was no free agency.
No multimillion-dollar
salaries.
But players also tended to
stay with the same franchise,
if not for their entire careers
then at least for many years.
So it was with Oakland.
“You could just see the
progress of our team,” Rudi
said. “We just reached a crest
during those three years (of
winning the World Series).”
Although claiming three
straight world titles is an
accomplishment few major
leagues can boast, Rudi said
his memories are still tinged
with disappointment.
He believes that if the
team had stayed together —
one of its key cogs, starting
pitcher Jim “Catfi sh” Hunter,
went to the Yankees after the
1974 season — the A’s could
have won two or three more
World Series.
Most of the key players,
Rudi said, were still in their
20s or early 30s.
One of those players was
Gene Tenace, and he sup-
plied the connection, albeit an
indirect one, that eventually
led Joe and Sharon Rudi to
Baker City.
The link was bird hunting.
Rudi said he used to hunt
with Tenace during the off-
season, mainly in California.
Occasionally, Rudi said,
Harmon Killebrew, who hit
573 home runs during his
career and was elected to
the Baseball Hall of Fame
in 1984, would be around for
Oakland’s batting practice.
Once he learned that Rudi
and Tenace were wingshoot-
ers, Killebrew tried, and for
some time failed, to cajole the
pair into visiting him at his
Idaho home — Killebrew was
born in Payette — after the
season to hunt birds.
“He wanted us to go
chukar hunting,” Rudi said. “I
had never heard of a chukar.”
Eventually, in late 1974,
Rudi and Tenace made the
trip to Idaho where they
became acquainted with the
fast-fl ying game bird, which
revive the Bulldogs’ baseball
program.
The team played at Leo
Adler Field, with Dwight
Berry as the fi rst head coach.
Rudi helped, too, although in
1986 and 1987 he also worked
for the A’s as a batting and
outfi eld coach.
Along about that time Rudi
and others started to envision
a baseball fi eld in the vacant
space north of the high school.
That would be much more
convenient, they reasoned,
than having baseball play-
ers travel to Leo Adler Field,
which is just north of the
Baker County Fairgrounds.
Rudi said he was confi dent
that promoters could raise the
money, meaning the Baker
School District, which owned
the property north of the
school, wouldn’t have to.
Rudi said BHS principal
Jerry Peacock and Super-
intendent Arnold Coe both
endorsed the project — pro-
vided the district didn’t have
to pay for it.
Although Rudi’s initial idea
was a single baseball fi eld,
he said Peacock pointed out
that the project would need to
include softball fi elds as well.
And it turned out that
the 28-acre space was large
enough to accommodate two
baseball fi elds on the east
side, and two softball fi elds
on the west, with walkways
and a concession stand/an-
nouncer’s booth in the center,
as well as an indoor batting
facility — what became the
Baker Sports Complex.
Rudi said he was amazed
by the generosity of local resi-
dents, companies and philan-
thropic foundations that made
the Complex possible.
“It was way beyond our
wildest dreams,” he said. “It
was an unbelievable commu-
nity thing that everybody got
behind.”
The initial $2.3 million
project included donations of
$560,000 from the estate of
Herman and Blanche Steiger,
longtime Baker City residents.
Herman Steiger was a fi xture
at BHS sporting events for
decades.
The Leo Adler Foundation
donated $350,000.
Rudi said Steve Haberle of
Baker City was the “unsung
hero of that whole complex,”
being involved with “every
facet.”
“He never gets the credit
he should have,” Rudi said of
Haberle.
Rudi said the efforts of
Kathleen Chaves of Baker
Baker’s link to baseball
strengthens
It turned out that Rudi
wasn’t the only baseball star
who ended up buying prop-
erty near Baker City.
In a sort of preview of his
Contributed Photo
post-retirement career in real
Joe Rudi, right, his wife, Sharon, left, with their
estate, where he joined the
daughter, Heather, who is a lieutenant colonel in the
fi rm that Nelson started in
U.S. Air Force.
Baker City, Rudi was largely
his family.
responsible for teammate
is a type of partridge.
“People take care of one
Carney Lansford’s arrival.
The pair stayed with a
another,” he said.
Lansford was a rookie
friend of Killebrew’s, Jack
with the Angels in 1978,
Gordon.
Rudi’s second year with the
Gordon owned a farm
Finding the perfect
team.
equipment dealership in
property
Rudi said they roomed
Ontario. It was through Gor-
The next winter, late in
together on road trips and
don that Rudi met two other 1976, the Rudis, with their
became good friends.
hunters — Mike Nelson and young sons Mike and Scott,
During the Major League
Dave Bobo — both of whom
planned to fl y to Seattle for a
Baseball strike that took al-
had moved from Rudi’s home vacation, and possibly drive
most two months of the 1981
state of California to a place
to Baker.
season, from June 12 through
up the freeway from Ontario,
But en route their plane
Aug. 8, Rudi invited Lans-
a place called Baker.
was diverted from fogged in
Rudi knew no more about Sea-Tac Airport to Portland. ford and his wife to travel
to Oregon and stay with the
the town than he had known
When they landed they
Rudis. By then both Rudi and
about chukars.
decided, rather than drive
Gordon called Nelson and north to Seattle, to head east Lansford were playing for the
Boston Red Sox.
Bobo because they owned
to Baker.
He said the Lansfords
bird dogs, German shorthair
The family stayed for
pointers.
three days with Mike Nelson spent most of the strike at the
Rudis’ ranch.
“Jack called them and told at his family’s home along
The Lansfords ended up
them a couple of ballplayers
Salmon Creek, near the base
were coming to town,” Rudi
of the Elkhorns northwest of buying a house nearby, along
Mill Creek.
recalls. “That’s how I met
town.
Lansford, a third baseman,
Mike Nelson and Dave Bobo.”
One day the group went
had a 14-year major league
The next year, 1975, Rudi sledding up Marble Creek.
career that, like Rudi’s, was
and Tenace returned, staying
On the drive down, as
again at Gordon’s place on
Rudi looked across the Baker marked by both individual
accolades and team achieve-
the Oregon side of Brownlee Valley and the snowy Wal-
ments. Lansford was the
Reservoir about 14 miles
lowas beyond, he realized
American League batting
north of Huntington.
that the spread in the fore-
During that trip, Rudi vis- ground, a pasture fringed by champion during the strike-
ited Baker for the fi rst time. the pine and fi r forests of the shortened 1981 season, and,
“It was just a beautiful
Elkhorns, was about as pretty after being traded to the A’s,
Rudi’s old team, Lansford was
little place, and we really
a place as he had seen.
enjoyed being there,” he said.
“I told Mike, if something a member of Oakland’s 1989
But it wasn’t just the scen- like that ever came available, World Series-winning squad.
ery and the historic buildings to let me know,” Rudi said.
that entranced Rudi.
About four months later,
Reviving BHS baseball,
During the trip the alter- while Rudi was beginning his imagining the Baker
nator on his car failed.
fi rst season as a California
Sports Complex
On a Sunday.
Angel following a trade from
Rudi retired after the 1982
Rudi, who was supposed
the A’s, he got a phone call
season.
to drive back to California
from Nelson.
His oldest son, Mike, was
the next day, fi gured his fi rst
“Believe it or not, that
a freshman at Baker High
stay in Baker might last a bit ranch is for sale,” is what
School that fall. Rudi was
longer than he expected.
Rudi recalls Nelson telling
chagrined to learn that BHS
But Nelson called Clark
him.
didn’t have a baseball team.
Auto Electric, and the repair
Joe and Sharon didn’t
“How can that be?” was
shop’s longtime owner, Jerry hesitate.
Rudi’s reaction.
Goodwin, fi xed Rudi’s car.
(Although Joe told Nelson
With time to devote to
That single event did
not to mention to the seller
the matter, Rudi, along with
much to convince Rudi that
that the buyer was a major
other volunteers and with
Baker was the sort of place he leaguer; “I didn’t want them
help from his son and other
might be interested in raising to jack up the price,” Rudi
students, raised $20,000 to
City, who oversaw the project
and wrote many grant ap-
plications, were also crucial to
the Complex’s success.
Chaves said she was
grateful when Rudi asked her
to help. She said she often
took her brother to watch
Oakland A’s games when
Rudi was a star on the team
during the 1970s.
Each of the two softball
fi elds and two baseball fi elds
at the Complex is named in
honor of a major contributor.
There is a Steiger Field, an
Adler Field, a Rudi Field and
a Lansford Field.
Both Sharon and Joe Rudi
were involved in Nelson Real
Estate, the fi rm started by
Mike Nelson.
They continued to live in
Baker City, although they
returned to Modesto for a few
years in the late 1990s and
early 2000s to be closer to
their parents.
Joe’s main hobby, one
that dates back decades, is
amateur radio — “ham” radio
as it’s known. His call sign is
NK7U.
After both Rudis turned
65 they retired and bought
an RV in which they traveled
around the U.S. Their current
home is in The Villages, a
“golf cart community” about
30 miles north of Orlando,
Florida. Rudi said he and his
wife both enjoy golf, and there
are many courses in the area.
But even as the couple
enjoys their retirement on the
East Coast, Rudi said they
will always consider Baker
City their true home.
And he will always marvel
at how they ended up settling
there.
“Everything just sort of
came together to get us to
Baker.”
Contributed Photo
Joe Rudi, right, with
former Oakland A’s
teammate Gene Tenace.
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to 3 p.m. on
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tion Depa
27, two
and Proba
ing, Dec.
ty Parole
Sunday morn of Baker City.
Baker Coun
ing of the
rescuing on
east
Lt. Ryan Down for, and eventually wa Mountains north
hing
Ash in searc ous night in the Wallo
Baker City.
previ
northeast of
Wal-
spent the
Huntington
appeals DEQ
penalties
y
Jacob
miles
By Jayson rcityherald.com
east into the
s that
ling a
Road 77 leads Eagle Creek.
temperature into
jjacoby@bake
to ward off
d
ington is appea
n De-
fl eece gloves
lowas towar that when he
The city of Hunt ty issued by the Orego )
turned Ash’s in just a few
(DEQ
penal
McCue said ed to Cathe-
$9,193 civil
ntal Quality water
ice sculptures
Environme
waste
and Coles return it around 3:30
of a winter
tes.
partment of
Summ
ions of the city’s
el
The cruel cold wa Mountains minu hunters were tired,
rine Creek
who’s Micha
for several violat t.
r
Both
Wallo
Bill Frazier,
y, but neithe
not had
permi
e’s
night in the
they
p.m.,
has
rge
if
l,
hungr
McCu
and
discha
ay
appea
asked
,
Cody
cold
ng the
said on Mond
obil-
was sapping wasn’t leaving.
Frazier’s father
The city, pendi said Jennifer Young, Hun-
he
was hurt, Ash
any other snowm
nes,
seen
g
fi
energy, but
had
the
missin
two
to pay
morning.
“infor-
recorder.
Not until the
s, 31, and
told
ers.
tington city she expects to have an in
found.
Joseph Curti r, 16, both of
Bill Frazier
McCue said
hunters were ty Sheriff Travis
Frazie
offi cials
Young said
two hunters,
Michael A.
panied
sion” with DEQ
Baker Coun
ing of
were accom also
him about the a snowmobile but
mation discus
Ryan Down
Baker City,
n
ry.
Ash and Lt.
proba-
dog. She was
who also had ed to the highway.
early Janua letter to the city, Kiera of
parole and
by a hound
it-
said.
the county’s
hadn’t return he told the elder
In a Nov. 12 ger of the DEQ’s Offi ce “by
were comm
uninjured, Ash started Satur-
that
McCue said
tion department as well.
night falling
O’Donnell, mana Enforcement, wrote
The incident
26, when
r that, with to come
and
ements,
Dec.
ted to the search that involved
Frazie
oon,
liance
requir
t
g
Comp
of
willin
day aftern
y with permi
risk
A rescue effort
James Coles ng
soon, he was failed to show
failing to compl ington increased the
with the search
McCue and
pair
that trio, along from the sher-
fi nished a day-lo t
back if the
al harmed public
the city of Hunt
teams
Baker City
Fores
water dispos
and rescue both Baker and
up.
obile ride along a popu-
feeling,”
that its waste
gut
a
snowm
in
ces
had
age 5A
offi
That’s
the
77.
in
“I just
iff’s
resources.”
See Appeals/P
ies, resulted
Service Road route that starts
Union count y morning, Dec.
McCue said.
obile
snowm
it
lar
e 3A
Creek Summ
rescue Sunda t hunters. They
at Catherine 203, about 14
See Rescue/Pag
27, of two bobca by nightfall and
ay
Highw
25
and
ken
along
were overta
east of Union
in a snowbound
miles south
spent the night a small fi re
only
canyon with
during the
has stopped
in his sales
Almond
I thought
pandemic.
fi nd online,”
ing to where
probably won’t
“I was climb peak out, but I’m
ted to
of
owner
said.
she has adjus and
it might kind that because every-
ky Stirrup,
s
Almond said
At the Squea holiday sales were
by placing arrow
way less than to spend their money,”
said
COVID-19 rs in her business to
Kirk and
Dylan Glock
scared
common
By Corey
ed
space
body’s
t
pretty
requir
nner
six-foo
O’Co
that’s
when no-
-
“all right.”
ers, who are
Samantha
he said. “But pandemic and every
a guy can do
direct custom
Herald
“As good as
s.
scared to
whole
is
Baker City
or
mask
the
y
ants
face
with
mone
and
to wear
City merch
the surfaces
body has any
“My business
d to see
Some Baker
g up to
thing.”
Glock said.
every
“I sanitize all
he’s disappointe are
in sales leadin mic also
spend any,”
fl oors as well
Glock said
saw a boost
I sanitize the d said. “I don’t do any
on businesses
but the pande
is doing OK.” good as he expected,
Christmas,
how restrictions economy.
” Almon
businesses.
as
nt.”
in
night,
not
ng
affect
local
mome
to
But
openi
at the
The
continues
harming the
years after
he
fi tting rooms Baker City business-
d, who owns
two and half
es
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building that
Johna Almon her sales picked up
that
believ
hants
Street
She
gifts
g
Merc
way
said
See
years.
a Broad
Kids Closet, of December, after be- es benefi ted from offerin elsewhere.
empty for 13
said had been the upward trajectory
y available
the third week rst half of the month.
aren’t readil shops have unique
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fi
Glock said
Opinion ............ ...... 6A-8A
ing slow the holiday season, Al-
“A lot of the
that you
..........2A
Sports ............ ......... 6B
Prior to the
about 40% gifts and unique items
Lottery Results ........2A
............
Weather
Record
her sales were 2019.
....1B & 2B
News of
mond said,
g
..................2A
Home ............
4B
were durin
Obituaries
........3B &
News ....3A
Horoscope
of what they
............ 4A
Community
4B
Jacoby
By Jayson rcityherald.com
jjacoby@bake
boost
liday sales
ants saw ho
Some merch
TODAY
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............. 2B-4B
Classified
........... 5B
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