As the years went on, Charlie Finley started spending more time in Chicago, where his insurance business was based. And so he started as a bat boy, but I guess Charlie Finley took a liking to him, and he started doing odds and ends. This was 1971, really early in the Oakland A's history. He started working for the team when he was 9-years-old. And he caught his eye, and Finley hired Hammer to come in and work as a bat boy.īL: What exactly was MC Hammer's - or Stanley Burrell's - role with the Oakland franchise?ĬM: So he did a lot of different things. And the stories are that maybe he was selling baseballs outside the Coliseum or he was scalping tickets or he was doing a dance routine to James Brown or he was beatboxing.īut whatever he did, he managed to catch the attention of the A's owner, this guy named Charlie Finley, who had kind of made a name for himself with, let's say, less-than-orthodox ideas. He grew up in Oakland and he used to go to a lot of A's games. MC Hammer won two Grammys in 1991 for "U Can't Touch This." (Susan Ragan/AP)īL: How did MC Hammer - who used to be known as Stanley Burrell - begin working for the Oakland A’s back in the early ' 70s?ĬM: So there are a lot of stories about what it is he did to get the job with the A's. But long before he was cheering Golden State on its run to the 2015 NBA Finals, Hammer was working for another Oakland team: The Athletics.Ĭlaire McNear of Vice Sports has written about MC Hammer's fandom and his time as A’s executive vice president and she joined Bill Littlefield. MC Hammer, the Oakland-born rapper famous for his 1990 hit “ U Can’t Touch This,” is now known for being a Warriors superfan he’s a regular fixture at Golden State’s Oracle Arena. (Ezra Shaw/Getty Images) This article is more than 7 years old. That's great basketball."Īnd, for Curry and his teammates, it sounded like sweet music.MC Hammer has been supporting the Golden State Warriors during the Finals, as the Oakland native has made appearances at Oracle. They made the correct plays as well, both of them with eight assists and one turnover apiece. "They made the correct passes and we keep going to them," he added.
"When shooters get it going like that, man, it's tough to stop," Kevin Durant said. So good was Curry that Thompson's truly remarkable game - 29 points (10-of-19 shooting, including 6-of-10 from deep), career-high-tying eight assists, five rebounds - was eclipsed. "It's always cool to see my dad on the sidelines, commentating the game on their end. You just find different openings against different teams, for whatever reason.
"I want to play well, shoot the ball well, be aggressive, try to make stuff happen. "Every game I try to have that kind of attitude," Curry said. You might be surprised if it doesn't it doesn't happen like that every night."Ĭurry conceded that he enjoys playing the Hornets, partly because he considers Charlotte his hometown and partly because his father, former player Dell Curry, is an analyst for Hornets games. "But tonight it was one of those vibes where every shot I took in the first quarter, I knew right when it left my hand it was going in. And some nights, you kind of have to be real purposeful about getting into that rhythm as best you can when it's not really that natural. "You know the nights when it's all clicking and you can feel it. "Whether it's the rhythm of a dribble going into your shot, or just feeling the footwork that it takes to get into that zone before you take a shot," Curry said. He's the first Warrior to score as many as 39 points without going to the line since Rick Barry went for 40 on April 5, 1977.
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Moreover, he did it without playing a single minute in the fourth quarter of either game.Īnd, on Wednesday, without a free throw.
His last two games: 82 points, with 20-of-30 shooting beyond the arc.Ĭurry accomplished that despite limping into the first game with a tender quad and coming into the second, on Wednesday, after missing a game due to stomach flu. "He's in a good groove and it all makes sense."Ĭurry's last three games: 110 points, with 26-of-42 shooting from deep. whatever you want to call it," Kerr said. "You just know that Steph is capable for incredible games like tonight, and streaks, stretches. Richard Sherman: 49ers' QB Situation ‘Most Awkward Situation' Ever