Book Signing & Autograph Session The A’s Doubleheader Weekend continues on September 23rd from 12 noon to 3pm when the Society sponsors a book signing and autograph session at the Days Inn in Horsham, PA. The Days in is located on Easton Road (Rt. 611) just 6/10ths of a mile north of the Willow Grove […]
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Ronnie Joyner, Steve & Bill Bozman represent 3 reasons why the A’s Society has been so successful these past 10 years. So many of you have requested a photo be placed on our web-site of each of these 3 giants and we are pleased to have done it in one photograph for your enjoyment.
By Bob Warrington In the Corning Glass Museum in Corning, New York, there is on display a baseball bat made out of glass. The narrative card that accompanies the bat reads, “This bat was presented to John Edward Murphy of the Philadelphia Athletics, winners of the 1913 World Series.” Before we tell the story of […]
Any paper product that survived the weekly scrap drives of World War ll certainly can be classified as being rare. Check any sports collectibles convention, e-bay ads, flea market tables and you will take note that the sellers of these items place a premium price tag regardless of the condition of the publication. The Society’s […]
By David Hitchner On Wednesday evening, May 30, 2007 a brief dedication ceremony was held in Roadstown, New Jersey, commemorating the lives and accomplishments of two former major league baseball players who resided there after their playing days had ended. Ironically, Rube Oldring, outfielder for Connie Mack’s Philadelphia Athletics (1906-18) and Leon “Goose” Goslin, hall […]
by Max Silberman In South Philadelphia, at the corner of Rosewood and Porter stood a grocery store owned by the Brancato family. Mr. and Mrs. Brancato had to come to America from Italy and raised a family of seven children, four boys and three girls. At least with a grocery store, there was always plenty […]
Barbara Lee James Jordan of Jenkintown died peacefully Tuesday, August 15, 2006.
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