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001 2006102532
003 DLC
005 20080405083406.0
008 061219s2007 nbuaf b s001 0beng
010 $a 2006102532
020 $a9780803232631 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 $a0803232632 (cloth : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm77271141
035 $a(OCoLC)77271141
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050 00 $aGV865.M215$bM33 2007
082 00 $a796.357092$aB$222
100 1 $aMacht, Norman L.$q(Norman Lee),$d1929-
245 10 $aConnie Mack and the early years of baseball /$cNorman L. Macht ; with a foreword by Connie Mack III.
260 $aLincoln :$bUniversity of Nebraska Press,$cc2007.
300 $axvi, 708 p., [16] p. of plates :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aGrowing 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.
600 10 $aMack, Connie,$d1862-1956.
650 0 $aBaseball managers$zPennsylvania$zPhiladelphia$vBiography.
650 0 $aBaseball team owners$zPennsylvania$zPhiladelphia$vBiography.
610 20 $aPhiladelphia Athletics (Baseball team)$xHistory.
650 0 $aBaseball$zUnited States$xHistory.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0804/2006102532-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0804/2006102532-d.html