Shown seated in this 1954 photograph is long time A’s radio announcer Byrum Saam with his favorite 1950’s felt hat on however can you help us too identify the distinguished gentleman seated to his right.
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by Max Silberman To a real baseball fan, there is nothing quite like Opening Day! It is a time of rebirth and renewed hope. After all, this might be the year. Just before Opening Day, Barbara Heun visited the museum and shared stories about her grandfather, Davey Bishop, who might have been the best A’s […]
Kenosha News reporter Diane Giles shares her knowledge of Kenosha with a little bit of history.
By Dale B. Smith At first glance, the cities of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Fresno, California would appear to have nothing in common. One is a seaport town, the other landlocked. One is East Coast, the other, West Coast. Philadelphia is known for manufacturing, Fresno has agriculture. One has cheese steaks, the other, raisins. You get […]
A New Beginning “This is not a sixth place ball club,” said Phillies’ new manager Pat Moran at the team’s 1915 spring training camp in St. Petersburg, Florida. Referring to the club’s disappointing finish the previous year, Moran sensed that he had a pennant contender on his hands and knew it was his job […]
By Bob Warrington Background Baseball has always had an uneasy relationship with alcohol. In the last quarter of the 19th century when organized baseball was struggling to become established, sharply different views existed about alcohol’s place in the sport. William Hulbert, who championed the idea of forming the National League and served as its second […]
By Bob Warrington The photograph that accompanies this story was taken on 4 November 1933 and shows, from left to right, Eddie Gottleib, Connie Mack, Louis Schwartz, and Gerry Nugent. The photo’s significance derives from the reason these men were meeting. It was the eve of a momentous change in the conduct of professional […]
By Daniel O’Brien When it came to selecting his greatest game ever, pitcher Cy Young had a bunch from which to choose. But the all-time leader in wins, starts, and complete games surprised few, if any, baseball fans when he zeroed in on the perfect game he pitched at home against Rube Waddell and the […]
By Bob Warrington When Connie Mack passed away on 8 February 1956, a groundswell of support rose to find a way to perpetuate his memory and establish a lasting tribute to the “Tall Tactician.” A Connie Mack Memorial Committee was created under the chairmanship of Philadelphia merchant and civic leader Arthur C. Kaufmann, and it […]
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