Philadelphia’s Mr. Baseball and His Amazing Athletics
Posted by William Kashatus on Nov 27, 2013 in | Comments Off on Philadelphia’s Mr. Baseball and His Amazing Athletics Connie Mack always seemed to be dressed in black. His three-piece business suit, complete with necktie, detachable collar and derby, gave him the appearance of a Philadelphia funeral director rather than baseball manager. But for the ten years he had guided the hometown Athletics, Mack took his job very seriously. To be sure, on this sunny September morning in 1911, the game of baseball had...read more