Connie Mack Day Remembered
Introduction Connie Mack was the object of many celebrations and tributes during his 50-year reign as manager of the Philadelphia Athletics. One of the more elaborate ceremonies to honor the A’s pilot...
View ArticleWhy the Athletics Are Called ‘White Elephants”
Muggsy McGraw, once upon a time when the American League was in its infancy, made the now famous remark that Messrs. Shibe and Mack had a White Elephant on their hands in taking hold of the Athletics...
View ArticleMAX BISHOP: CAMERA EYE
It is a difficult feat to revitalize the reputation of a perhaps less than Hall of Fame baseball career years after you have hung up the spikes. Max Bishop, however, has done just that. Seventy years...
View Article“Pop” Kelchner: Hall of Fame Scout?
Who was Charles “Pop” Kelchner? Why does he deserve to be in the Hall of Fame? Many readers from the Lehigh Valley remember “Pop” as a legend in his own time .Born in 1875 in Berks County, he spent...
View ArticleThe Story of the 1902 American League Champion Athletics
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Philadelphia Athletics first American League championship, one of nine the team would win during its illustrious history. The 1902 title was, in some...
View ArticleShantz Field Dedication Update
Those that know Bobby Shantz know that he’s not much for giving speeches. But what they might not know is that the 1952 American League Most Valuable Player for Connie Mack’s Philadelphia Athletics who...
View ArticleImages of Sports The Philadelphia Athletics
In October 1954, the Philadelphia Athletics relocated to Kansas City, putting an end to more than a half-century of American League baseball in the City of Brotherly Love. However, of all the...
View ArticleThe 1930 Philadelphia Athletics
The opening lines of Charles Dickens classic work, A Tale of Two Cities, are a most apt starting point to tell the story of the 1930 Philadelphia Athletics. It was the best of times. It was the worst...
View ArticleThe 1915 Philadelphia Phillies: National League Champions!
A New Beginning “This is not a sixth place ball club,” said Phillies’ new manager Pat Moran at the team’s 1915 spring training camp in St. Petersburg, Florida. Referring to the club’s disappointing...
View ArticleA Historical Sketch of Baker Bowl
Overview of the Ballpark Informally known by various names including Philadelphia Base Ball Park and the Huntingdon Street Grounds, National League Park—as it was officially called—was the home...
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