The Athletics of Philadelphia: Connie Mack's White Elephants, 1901-1954

by David M. Jordan

In 1900, American League president Ban Johnson convinced Connie Mack to manage the newly created Philadelphia Athletics, which had been strategically placed in the same market as the National League Phillies, making the City of Brotherly Love a two-team town. The Athletics thus began their 54-year history by attempting to split the city's fan base, perhaps the first indication of the team's tendency toward polarity and vicissitude. As Ed Fitzgerald...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786406208
• ISBN13: 9780786406203
• Release Date: April 1999
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 227 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.3" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher