03100cam a2200397 a 4500005616417MiAaHDL20250726000000.0m d cr bn ---auaua061219s2007 nbuaf b s001 0beng 20061025320803232632(cloth : alk. paper)9780803232631(cloth : alk. paper)(MiU)990056164170106381sdr-miu.990056164170106381(MiU)MIU01000000000000005616417-goog(OCoLC)77271141(MiU)Aleph005616417DLCDLCBTCTABAKERC#PJEDYDXCPUtOrBLWn-us-paGV865.M215M33 2007796.357092B22Macht, Norman L.(Norman Lee),1929-http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85328940http://id.loc.gov/rwo/agents/n85328940Connie Mack and the early years of baseball /Norman L. Macht ; with a foreword by Connie Mack III.Lincoln :University of Nebraska Press,c2007.xvi, 708 p., [16] p. of plates :ill. ;24 cmtexttxtrdacontentunmediatednrdamediavolumencrdacarrierIncludes bibliographical references and index.Growing up in East Brookfield -- The young catcher -- A rookie in Meriden -- The bones battery -- From Hartford to Washington -- Life in the big leagues -- Mr. and Mrs. Connie Mack -- Jumping with the brotherhood -- The players' league -- Uncertainties of life and baseball -- Connie Mack, manager -- The terrible-tempered Mr. Mack -- Fired -- Milwaukee -- Working the system -- Learning how to handle men -- Marching behind Ban Johnson -- Launching the new American League -- The City of Brotherly Love and "Uncle Ben" Shibe -- Columbia Park and the "Athaletics" -- Raiding the National League -- The bullfrogs -- The uniqueness of Napoleon Lajoie -- Winning the battle of Philadelphia -- A staggering blow -- Schreck and the rube and the white elephant -- Connie Mack's first pennant -- Signing a treaty -- The profits of peace -- The Macks of Philadelphia -- The first "official" World Series -- Rebuilding begins -- "We wuz robbed" -- Connie Mack's baseball school -- Shibe Park -- Connie's kids graduate -- World champions -- Mr. and Mrs. Connie Mack--part II -- The $100,000 infield -- The home run Baker World Series -- Coasting down to third place -- Speaking of money -- Captain Hook -- The second beating of John McGraw -- Another baseball war -- The Athletics win another pennant--ho hum -- Swept -- The end of the beginning.Mode of access: Internet.Mack, Connie,1862-1956.http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80001152http://id.loc.gov/rwo/agents/n80001152Philadelphia Athletics (Baseball team)History.BaseballUnited StatesHistory.http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008117470Baseball team ownersPennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaBiography.Baseball managersPennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaBiography.3901507076144300561641720241218014513.020250726000000.020260317165347.02026-03-18T11:16:57Z2024-11-14T18:30:02ZSDR-MIUmiuALMAprepare.pl-004-009BKsdr-miu.990056164170106381MiUSDRMIU005616417mdp.39015070761443MIU990056164170106381MIUMIU20260318googlemdp.390150707614432007icbibUS bib date1 >= 1931