The Oakland Athletics picture seen here is the practice logo for this baseball organization. This is often described as the "Yellow with green A's logo yellow & green stripes" version. This Major League Baseball logo was used as the practice logo of the Oakland Athletics from 1983 through 1985. The team was formed as the Philadelphia Athletics in 1901, following that, they switched to the Kansas City Athletics in 1955 after which they became the Oakland Athletics in 1968.