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By David Jordan In the summer of 1924, Connie Mack purchased from the Easton club of the Eastern Shore League the contract of a broad-shouldered, muscular 16-year-old catcher named Jimmie Foxx. Foxx, a farm boy from Sudlersville, on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, was recommended to Mack by his former Hall of Fame third baseman, Frank […]
OAKLAND A’s FANS FOLLOW THEIR FAVORITES FROM CALIFORNIA TO PENNSY TO ROOT FOR THEIR HOME TEAM. SHOWN HERE ARE STEPHANIE & KEITH MARCUS OF HAYWARD, CALIFORNIA VISTING THE A’s SOCIETY’s HATBORO MUSEUM PRIOR TO THE SATURDAY GAME ADMIRING THE TWO A’s JERSEYS THAT WILL BE RAFFLED OFF DURING THE A’s PHILLIES SUNDAY GAME. THE OAKLAND […]
My father took me to my first Philadelphia Athletics game in 1948 and it was well into the 50s before I moved on to to other things. I was brought up in Richboro, PA and was able to attend all of the home games and many away games during those years. That was a time […]
A’s Society Goes Back in Time
The Oakland Athletics will be visiting the Phillies over the weekend of June 24, 25, 26. To commemorate the A’s return to Philly, the Oakland Athletics PR Department has donated two official Athletics home jerseys shown here in these photos. They are the official game worn & autographed jerseys of Trevor Cahill ‘s size 48 […]
by Bob Warrington Introduction Connie Mack’s biographer, Frederick G. Lieb, had this to say about the Philadelphia Athletics’ 1908 season, “The A’s went into a sharp tailspin.” After a second place finish in 1907 with an 88-57 record, the team dropped to 68-85 in 1908, earning the A’s sixth place at season’s end—the lowest the […]
For an old Philadelphia Athletics fan, this piece is one of the hardest to write, for in many ways Eddie Joost personified the post-World War II Athletics. Eddie passed away on April 12, 2011, after having been in hospice care for some time.
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