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020 |a 0803209908  |q (electronic bk.)  |z 1281092282  |z 9781281092281  |q (cloth ;  |q alk. paper)  |z 9780803232631  |q (cloth ;  |q alk. paper) 
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050 4 |a GV865.M215  |b M33 2007eb 
100 1 |a Macht, Norman L.  |d 1929-  |q (Norman Lee), 
245 1 0 |a Connie Mack and the early years of baseball /  |c Norman L. Macht ; with a foreword by Connie Mack III. 
260 |a Lincoln :  |b University of Nebraska Press,  |c ©2007. 
300 |a 1 online resource (xvi, 708 pages, [16] pages of plates) :  |b illustrations 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a Growing up in East Brookfield -- The young catcher -- A rookie in Meriden -- The bones battery -- From Hartford to Washington -- Life in the big leagues -- Mr. and Mrs. Connie Mack -- Jumping with the brotherhood -- The players' league -- Uncertainties of life and baseball -- Connie Mack, manager -- The terrible-tempered Mr. Mack -- Fired -- Milwaukee -- Working the system -- Learning how to handle men -- Marching behind Ban Johnson -- Launching the new American League -- The City of Brotherly Love and "Uncle Ben" Shibe -- Columbia Park and the "Athaletics" -- Raiding the National League -- The bullfrogs -- The uniqueness of Napoleon Lajoie -- Winning the battle of Philadelphia -- A staggering blow -- Schreck and the rube and the white elephant -- Connie Mack's first pennant -- Signing a treaty -- The profits of peace -- The Macks of Philadelphia -- The first "official" World Series -- Rebuilding begins -- "We wuz robbed" -- Connie Mack's baseball school -- Shibe Park -- Connie's kids graduate -- World champions -- Mr. and Mrs. Connie Mack--part II -- The $100,000 infield -- The home run Baker World Series -- Coasting down to third place -- Speaking of money -- Captain Hook -- The second beating of John McGraw -- Another baseball war -- The Athletics win another pennant--ho hum -- Swept -- The end of the beginning. 
600 1 0 |a Mack, Connie,  |d 1862-1956. 
600 1 4 |a Mack, Connie,  |d 1862-1956. 
600 1 7 |a Mack, Connie,  |d 1862-1956. 
650 0 |a Baseball managers  |z Pennsylvania  |z Philadelphia 
650 0 |a Baseball team owners  |z Pennsylvania  |z Philadelphia 
650 0 |a Baseball  |x History.  |z United States 
650 7 |a BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY  |x Sports. 
650 7 |a SPORTS & RECREATION  |x Baseball  |x History. 
650 7 |a Baseball. 
650 7 |a Baseball managers. 
650 7 |a Baseball team owners. 
651 7 |a Pennsylvania  |z Philadelphia. 
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