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Connie Mack's '29 Triumph: The Rise and Fall of the Philadelphia Athletes Dynasty | 
 enlarge | Author: William C. Kashatus
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 1232216
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 224
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 5.8 x 0.4
ISBN: 0786421657
Dewey Decimal Number: 796
EAN: 9780786421657
ASIN: 0786421657
Publication Date: February 4, 2005
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Book Description
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.
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great book on a not much talked about team May 24, 2008
bill certainly does his homework on this one. he holds a great aurguement on the fact that the numbers speak for themselve. yes, the yanks were & are great, that doesn't discount the A's stats & record during that time period. especially when they were head to head against the yanks. if any reader enjoys joys this book they are only going to enjoy the rest of his baseball books. we are truly lucky regionaly & nationally to have a writer of his caliber especially on phillies & pennsylvania baseball history. YOU GO BILL !!!!
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