A packed house of The Philadelphia Protestant Home residents and visitors were held spell bound this past May as Tony Zanzinger shared his military memorabilia collection and experiences as a paratrooper with the 101st Airborne Division during World War II. His extensive collection includes articles from both the Allies and the Germans. Tony parachuted […]
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SUNDAY OCTOBER 18, 2009 Lou Brissie & Bob Feller Horsham Days Inn - Tribute to our Military Veterans & a triple book signing. The A’s Society was proud to bring together our military heroes of another wartime. May God Bless them all.
By Father Jerome Romanowski aka “The Baseball Padre” Nineteen Forty One could have been the year like 1922 when Connie Mack began to build another winning team. Once the team of that era reached a total of 65 wins, it began a gradual ascent to the top of the American League. The Athletics of 1922 […]
by Bob Warrington Introduction Between the first World Series in 1903 and the Athletics departure from Philadelphia after the 1954 season, the A’s and Phillies had over 50 opportunities to play each other in the Fall Classic. They never did, of course, but it’s intriguing to wonder, “How close did Philadelphia ever come to […]
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