Connie Mack the turbulent and triumphant years, 1915-1931

The Philadelphia Athletics dominated the first fourteen years of the American League, winning six pennants through 1914 under the leadership of their founder and manager, Connie Mack. But beginning in 1915, where volume 2 in Norman L. Macht's biography picks up the story, Mack's teams fell...

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Autor principal: Macht, Norman L. 1929- (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press 2012.
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Federal League Goes to Court; 2. Battle of the Bullheads; 3. Starting Over; 4. Courage and Convictions; 5. The McGillicuddys at Home; 6. A Different Kind of War; 7. Cutting Back; 8. 1918; 9. The Soldiers' Return; 10. Big Business-Big Fight; 11. The Babe Ruth Era Begins; 12. Judge Landis Presiding; 13. The Twenties' Curtain Goes Up; 14. Out of the Basement; 15. On the Rise; 16. "Hey, Big Spender"; 17. Johnson v. Landis; 18. Fort Myers; 19. In the Race Again; 20. Here Come the Yankees.