by Harrington E. Crissey, Jr. (Editor’s note: Local baseball historian Harrington “Kit” Crissey published two volumes of interviews with big league ballplayers in World War II baseball, entitled Teenagers, Graybeards and 4-F’s. The second volume, copyrighted in 1982, featured American League players. Kit has kindly given us permission to reprint from time to time his […]
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by Bob Warrington Introduction Most baseball fans with a sense of history are aware of the legendary managerial career of Connie Mack—the skipper of the Philadelphia Athletics between 1901-50. Less well known is the fact that Mack also had an 11-year career as a major league baseball player in the late 19th century. Generally regarded […]
by C. Paul Rogers III At first glance, a pitcher with a 45–89 career record, a lifetime earned run average of 4.49, and twice having led his league in losses is not exactly a player one thinks of as a victim of bad luck.
by David M. Jordan Ferris Fain was truly one of a kind. The first baseman, who died on October 18 in Georgetown, California, marched to the beat of his own drummer, seldom caring what teammates, managers, or fans thought about him.
by David M. Jordan On Monday evening, September 17, 2001, Emory Nicholas “Bubba” Church died peacefully in his sleep at his home in Birmingham, Alabama.
by David M. Jordan Philadelphia Athletics followers and baseball fans everywhere were saddened to learn of the passing of Lawrence “Crash” Davis in North Carolina on Friday.
by Buff (Bill McCurdy) “Sucker Punch.” As in life, we should never take anything for granted in baseball. For example, - how many of you have assumed that the home team has always batted last?
by Bob Warrington Recalling the many pitchers who toiled for the Philadelphia Athletics over the years, Connie Mack judged that “Chief” Bender was his “greatest one-game pitcher” and his “greatest money pitcher.” This article chronicles Bender’s baseball career—focusing primarily on his years with the A’s—and relates some personal information about this Hall of Fame pitcher. […]
by Bob Warrington Connie Mack and his Philadelphia Athletics were involved in many exciting pennant races during their long tenure in the American League (AL). The A’s won nine of those pennants, but of the ones they lost, the 1907 race rankled Mack most deeply. This article describes that contest but focuses primarily on […]
by David Gough and Jim Bard Reviewed by Max Silberman David Gough and Jim Bard have produced a book about Nellie Fox that goes well beyond his baseball career and introduces the reader to a very fine human being who happened to play baseball.
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