Connie Mack's '29 Triumph

Name: Connie Mack's '29 Triumph
Brand: McFarland
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It has been said that Connie Mack managed only two kinds of teams during his half-century in the City of Brother Love--unbeatable and lousy. His teams collected nine pennants and five World Series titles, balanced by 17 last place finishes. While Mack, an enterprising businessman, had a gift for discovering talented players and molding them into a team, by the time he was well into his sixties, Philadelphians suspected that the A's skipper had lost his ability. Mack went on to disprove all doubts, however, with a second championship dynasty in 1929 that vindicated the "Tall Tactician." This work chronicles the rise and fall of the 1929 Philadelphia Athletics and their six-year rivalry with the New York Yankees, 1927 to 1932. Based primarily on newspaper accounts, the book tells the story of the "Grand Old Man of Baseball"--and the 1929 A's team that is unfairly overlooked in favor of the 1927 Yankees as baseball's greatest all-around team. This history is packed with photographs, notes and statistical appendices, and includes a foreword by The Sporting News writer Dave Kindred.

Product details

Binding:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

226

Release Date:

2005-02-04

Publication Date:

2005-02-18

Publisher:

McFarland

Languages:

Original: English

ISBN10:

0786421657

ISBN13:

9780786421657

GPSR Manufacturer Reference:

[email protected]

Minimum Reading Age:

18

Weight:

374 g

Height:

152 cm

Width:

229 cm

Thickness:

13 cm

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