The A's
This is a straightforward history of the Athletics franchise, from its Connie Mack years in Philadelphia with teams featuring Eddie Collins, Chief Bender, Jimmy Foxx, Mickey Cochrane and Lefty Grove, through its 13 years in Kansas City, under Arnold Johnson and Charles O. Finley, and on to its great years in Oakland--with the three World Series wins featuring Catfish Hunter, Reggie Jackson, Sal Bando and Vida Blue, and the conflicts with Finley--as well as the less successful seasons that followed, then the Series sweep in 1989, and ending up with the unusual operation of the club by Billy Beane.With an 8a0 lead and Charlie Root cruising for the Cubs, it looked like a World Series tied at two games apiece. ... Two days later, President Herbert Hoover showed up to watch Game Five at Shibe Park. The president received a nice round of applause from the Philadelphia fansathe 1929 stock market crash was still aanbsp;...
| Title | : | The A's |
| Author | : | David M. Jordan |
| Publisher | : | McFarland - 2014-01-27 |
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