Posts Tagged ‘Philadelphia Athletics’
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Connie Mack and the Early Years of Baseball
There are a lot of books written by Connie Mack a.k.a. Cornelius McGillicuddy but this one by Norman L. Macht, a member of the Society for American Baseball Research, is definitely one of the greater ones out there. Connie Mack (1862–1956) was the Grand Old Man of baseball and one of the game’s first true ...
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Connie Mack: Grand Old Man of Baseball
Cornelius McGillicuddy aka Connie Mack was a very successful American baseball player, manager and team owner.Although he was regarded as one of the best catchers in the game in his time Connie Mack became most famous for managing the Philadelphia Athletics for 50 years. In his years as a manager Mack won competed in nine ...