Twenty years later, Tony La Russa still has a unique connection with the 1989 A's. "One of the neat things that happens, especially when you share a championship, whether it's a West division in '83 (with the White Sox) or what we did with the A's or here in...
Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler
