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Former All-Star third baseman Sal Bando dies at 78

FILE - Former Milwaukee Brewers general manager Sal Bando answers questions at a press conference in Milwaukee on, Aug. 12, 1999. Bando, a three-time World Series champion with the Oakland Athletics and former Milwaukee Brewers executive, died Friday night, Jan. 20, 2023, in Oconomowoc, Wis., according to a statement from his family. He was 78. (AP Photo/Gary Dineen, File

FILE- Oakland Athletic's Sal Bando, top, jumps on the heap as the jubilant A's whoop it up on the field after beating the Los Angeles Dodgers to win baseball's World Series, on Oct. 17, 1974, in Oakland, Calif. Bando, a three-time World Series champion with the Oakland Athletics and former Milwaukee Brewers executive, died Friday night, Jan. 20, 2023, in Oconomowoc, Wis., according to a statement from his family. He was 78. (AP Photo/File)

FILE - Umpire Tom Gorman signals out after Oakland Athletic's Sal Bando, left, collided with Los Angeles Dodgers catcher Steve Yeager at home plate during a baseball game in Los Angeles on Oct. 12, 1973. Bando, a three-time World Series champion with the Oakland Athletics and former Milwaukee Brewers executive, died Friday night, Jan. 20, 2023, in Oconomowoc, Wis., according to a statement from his family. He was 78. (AP Photo/File)

FILE - Oakland Athletics Sal Bando slams a double to center field in the sixth inning to score teammate Allan Lewis and the winning run in the final game of World Series against Cincinnati Reds in Cincinnati, Ohio, on, Oct. 22, 1972. Bando, a three-time World Series champion with the Oakland Athletics and former Milwaukee Brewers executive, died Friday night, Jan. 20, 2023, in Oconomowoc, Wis., according to a statement from his family. He was 78. (AP Photo/File)

Former All-Star third baseman Sal Bando dies at 78