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Connie Mack in the News
Sweet memories to chew on: Goldenberg's Peanut Chew. I can't tell you if the candy was any good, but I sure remember the billboard. It was the second one from the left-field foul pole at Connie Mack Stadium, where baseball was played in this town from April 12, 1909, through October 1, 1970. I couldn't tell you what the one adjacent to the foul pole ...
Bill Conlin: History will judge if this is the best Phillies team ever: STUFFY McINNIS...Eddie Collins...Jack Barry...Frank "Home Run" Baker...They were the fabled "$100,000 Infield" that drove Connie Mack's Philadelphia Athletics to dynasty status from 1910 to '14. The A's won the World Series in 1910, '11 and '13. They won the pennant in 1914.
Rookie starters a very rare pair for Rockies: The Rockies have stormed into the World Series with a rotation that includes two raw rookies: Ubaldo Jimenez and Franklin Morales. Connie Mack would be impressed.
Mets' collapse helps Phillies forget '64: For Larry Shenk, the ghost of 1964 has been around too long. It's hung over Connie Mack Stadium, Veterans Stadium and now Citizens Bank Park.
Connie Mack in the Blog Pen
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Gene Carney: October 10, 2008 - The Sweet 16 Continues With the Os and As:
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Our Readers' Submissions Vault: August 21, 2008 - An Overview of the Three-I League by Bill Steinbacher-Kemp:
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Our Readers' Submissions Vault: August 18, 2008 - The Pitching Staff Behind Murderers' Row: Waite Hoyt, Herb Pennock, Wilcy Moore and the 1927 New York Yankees:
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John Shiffert: July 18, 2008 - Putting the Stars Back in the Major League Baseball All-Star Game: John Shiffert Emerges From the Lab to Suggest Some Tinkering:
John Shiffert: July 15, 2008 - 2008 Major League Baseball All-Star Game Special: John Shiffert Names His Own All-Star Teams:
Jim Gerard: July 3, 2008 - DFA, chapter 31: Enter Letty:
John Shiffert: June 24, 2008 - A Rose By Any Other Name: Looking at Major League and Minor League Baseball Franchise Appellations:
John Shiffert: June 17, 2008 - A Look at the Philadelphia Phillies in "Almost a Dynasty" by Dr. William Kashatus:
Gene Carney: May 7, 2008 - Baseball History From the Shadows Of Cooperstown - Part 4, The 1930s:
Gene Carney: May 2, 2008 - Baseball History as Seen From the Shadows of Cooperstown, Part 3: 1920 - 1930:
John Shiffert: April 23, 2008 - Hail to the Chiefs: Messers. Bender and Schilling:
Gene Carney: April 22, 2008 - BASEBALL HISTORY -- AS SEEN FROM THE SHADOWS OF COOPERSTOWN, PART TWO: 1911-1920:
Gene Carney: April 13, 2008 - A Selective History of Baseball As Seen From the Shadows of Cooperstown:
Gene Carney: April 9, 2008 - Gene Carney Reviews a Great New Biography of Eddie Collins:
: April 3, 2008 - DFA, chapter 20: Viva La Revolucion!:
John Shiffert: March 28, 2008 - MLB in the Land of the Rising Sun :
Jim Gerard: March 17, 2008 - DFA, chapter 18 -The Creative Process:
John Shiffert: March 13, 2008 - On Billy Crystal, Eddie Kolb, Victory Faust and Other "Fantasy" Baseball Players:
: March 12, 2008 - My Transaction History, part 2:
John Shiffert: February 5, 2008 - Reviewing the Great Arms Deals: John Shiffert Provides a Context for the Johan Santana Trade:
John Shiffert: December 4, 2007 - In Search of Connie Mack: Norman Macht Completes a 22-Year Quest:
John Shiffert: November 27, 2007 - Jimmy Rollins and the Vote for the 2007 MVP:
John Shiffert: November 20, 2007 - When Youth was Served: Joe Nuxhall and Fred Chapman (With an Aside About One Barry Bonds):
Richard Lally: November 16, 2007 - One for Our Archive: Why We Lost 3 World Championships, Part 3 By Christy Mathewson :
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Connie Mack in the Library
Connie Mack in Bios
