Question: Who played in the American professional baseball team based in Oakland, California and was born 1963?

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Watertown Bucks: The Watertown Bucks were an independent American professional baseball team based in Watertown, New York.  The Bucks played in the newly formed Empire Professional Baseball League, which is not affiliated with Major League Baseball, during its inaugural season.  The Bucks played in the North Country Baseball League in 2015.  They were previously a member of the short lived East Coast Baseball League.

Virginia Beach Neptunes: The Virginia Beach Neptunes are a proposed American professional baseball team based in Virginia Beach, Virginia.  They are planned to be a member of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball, which is not affiliated with Major League Baseball.  They will be the second professional baseball club in the Hampton Roads region after the Norfolk Tides of the International League (AAA).

Steve Howard (baseball): Steven Bernard Howard (born 1963) is a former American Major League Baseball outfielder.  He played for the Oakland Athletics during the season.

Newark Bears: The Newark Bears were an American professional baseball team based in Newark, New Jersey.  They were a member of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball and, later, the Canadian American Association of Professional Baseball.  The Bears played their home games at Bears & Eagles Riverfront Stadium.  The team folded after the 2013 season.

List of Oakland Athletics managers: The Oakland Athletics are a professional baseball team based in Oakland, California.  Before moving to Oakland in 1968, the team played in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from 1901 through 1954 and in Kansas City, Missouri from 1955 through 1967.  The Athletics are members of the American League (AL) West division in Major League Baseball (MLB).  In baseball, the head coach of a team is called the manager, or more formally, the field manager.  The duties of the team manager include team strategy and leadership on and off the field.  The team has employed 30 different managers in its history.  The current Athletics' manager is Bob Melvin.

St. Paul Saints: The St. Paul Saints are an American professional baseball team based in Saint Paul, Minnesota.  The Saints are a member of the North Division of the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball, which is not affiliated with Major League Baseball.  The Saints played their home games at Midway Stadium starting in 1993, when the modern-day team started as a member of the Northern League.  In 2006 the team was a founding member of the modern American Association.  The team started playing in the new CHS Field in 2015.

Napa Silverados: The Napa Silverados are a professional baseball team based in San Rafael, California, United States and are members of the five-team Pacific Association of Professional Baseball Clubs, an independent professional baseball circuit not affiliated with Major League Baseball.  The team was founded in the summer of 2017 by Napa area businessman Bruce Johnston and will play their home games at Napa Valley College Storm Field.

Sullivan Explorers: The Sullivan Explorers are an independent American professional baseball team based in Loch Sheldrake, New York, playing in the Empire Professional Baseball League, which is not affiliated with Major League Baseball.  The Explorers played in the North Country Baseball League in 2015 as a traveling team.  In 2016, the Explorers played at Generals Park on the campus of Sullivan County Community College.

Oakland Athletics: The Oakland Athletics (often abbreviated to A's) are an American professional baseball team based in Oakland, California.  The Athletics compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) West division.  The club plays its home games at the Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum.  The club has won nine World Series championships, the third most of all current Major League Baseball teams.  The 2017 season is the club's 50th in Oakland.

Lincoln Saltdogs: The Lincoln Saltdogs is a professional baseball team based in Lincoln, Nebraska, in the United States.  The Saltdogs are the defending champions of the Central Division of the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball, which is not affiliated with Major League Baseball.  Since the 2001 season, the Saltdogs have played their home games at Haymarket Park, which they share with the Nebraska Cornhuskers college baseball team.

Supporting paragraphs: Steve Howard (baseball) Oakland Athletics
Answer: Steven Bernard Howard