of two years with the a's in the late '70s when they were known as the triple-a's, and owner charlie finley the franchise's biggest star. >> with charlie, you had to find out option a, b, c, d, and you're going to be wrong. you're go doing be wrong, but you better figure out all the options. ♪ can't touch this -- n] >> reporter: he may not be up to speed on twitter or facebook, but mckeon knew all about mc hammer before hammer time became cool. hammer, of course, was an a's bat boy and used to provide his own play by play for finley. >> i was in the booth pitching one day and hammer's up there saying, charlie, we're ahead 8- 1, charlie, he's losing it, he's losing it, charlie, and nobody's warming up the bullpen. one day charlie says, hammer, go down and see cousin karl. i need some kind of information. and he said give the phone to jack. freddie lynn's up, ball 1. ball 2. foul ball. damn, you don't know how to broadcast a game. he said hammer tells me checks the runners looks for the sign, checks the runners. when hammer comes back, you sit there and listen to him and learn how to broadcas

of two years with the a's in the late '70s when they were known as the triple-a's, and owner charlie finley franchise's biggest star. >> with charlie, you had to find out option a, b, c, d, and you're going to be wrong. you're going to be wrong, but you figure out all the options. ♪ can't touch this n] >> he may not be up to speed on twitter or facebook, but mckeon knew all about hammer before hammer became cool. hammer was an a's bad boy and used to provide his own play by play for finley. >> hammer's up there singing one day, charlie, and we're ahead 8-1. charlie, he's losing it. he gave up a hit maybe and a walk, losing it, charlie. nobody's winding up in the bullpen. one day charlie says to him, hammer, go down and see cousin karl. i need some kind of information. and he said give the phone to jack. freddie lines up, ball 1. ball 2. foul ball. damn, you don't know how to broadcast a game! hammer tells me to check the runners, looks for the sign, checks the runners. when hammer comes back here, he said you sit there and listen and learn how to broadcast a game! >> he never needed to broa

he was a batboy in his youth and was a stooge for charlie finley. ham ever would call him up and say this is what's going on. someone is spending too much here, too much there. before hits showbiz career he was a member of the a's. we're quietly at the halfway mark of the british open, tom watson, this is the one event where he's fantastic. five british open championship and today his 15th career hole- in-one, he's only six strokes back. 61-year-old tom watson. phil mickelson is three strokes behind. the co-leader is darren clarke, drain a long one. clarke and lucas glover at 4- under par. and funny, you can get up or stay up around 2:00 in the morning and see some of the british open third round stuff. when you're just getting in you want to see good putting. >> i don't know why you think i go out all hours of the night. we don't go out prancing around the city. >> just a couple that likes to stay home and quietly love. that's nice. me too. the nfl lock out appears on the home stretch, you don't have nfl lock out fatigue by now, there's smith strut

[music] >> this is no joke, people think we are kidding but he was a bat boy for charlie finley whenld and then charlie finley was then the owner of the a's was in chicago and he wanted something to spy on everybody so he had mc hammer do it, he was pretty sharp and cool and everything and he like had a title of the executive vice president of the a's when he was 14. he has a history with the a's and by all accounts, people still love him might not care what anyone says. a lot of guys go his act and he got knocked because he blew a $30 million. but what a show he puts on and now he is a church creature. but you can get the ball hit on sunday. we do know that the british open is in motion? no holds an 1. we told you yesterday but tom watson today, if you can believe this are not, here is tom watson ready to go. tom watson, 15th career six strokes back. he won the british open five times. field, with tiger out a chance for him to do some business. now that is a par 5 with a seventh hole. when we return, it is e-mail time. brian wilson's antics are sure to come up. now which group of pe

he joined the team as a boy was to be an entrepreneur and that got the attention of then owner charlie finley i met mr. finley he asked me what i was doing i told him i had created created my own little business. i made a deal with all the players and any of the tickets that they don't use, to leave for me i sell them and keep wanting to come to the game and once i get in the game any bats you crack any balls that you throw to me i'm going to sell them because i come out of here to run my business. and mr. finley said, oh, hammer you don't have to be my competition. come on in and work for me. and he took me straight to his box and that began our relationship. >> and as we all know hammer was somewhat of an entrepreneur. he went on to a very successful recording career. >>> while were you shopping for remote control boats this weekend, here's what you missed. >> sail it up... the ballgame is there, hanging in the air... is it caught? no signal... touchdown! >> the sabercats were eliminated from play-off contention in the cruelest way losing in spokane on a "hail mary." soccer superstar christ