David M. Jordan

The A's

A Baseball History

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Produktbeschreibung

This is a straightforward history of the Athletics franchise, from its Connie Mack years in Philadelphia with teams featuring Eddie Collins, Chief Bender, Jimmy Foxx, Mickey Cochrane and Lefty Grove, through its 13 years in Kansas City, under Arnold Johnson and Charles O. Finley, and on to its great years in Oakland--with the three World Series wins featuring Catfish Hunter, Reggie Jackson, Sal Bando and Vida Blue, and the conflicts with Finley--as well as the less successful seasons that followed, then the Series sweep in 1989, and ending up with the unusual operation of the club by Billy Beane.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland and Company, Inc.
• Seitenzahl: 254
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Januar 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 418g
• ISBN-13: 9780786477814
• ISBN-10: 0786477814
• Artikelnr.: 40187963

Autorenporträt

Philadelphia baseball fan David M. Jordan is a retired attorney and the author of ten books on the Civil War, political events, and baseball.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Introduction: One Ball Club, Through the Years
1
1.
Mister Mack Comes to Town
5
2.
Getting Settled in the Quaker City
12
3.
Mister Mack's First Dynasty
20
4.
To the Bottom
30
5.
The Greatest Team
37
6.
To the Bottom Again
48
7.
The End in Philadelphia
62
8.
To Kansas City and a Good First Year
71
9.
A Yankees Farm Team?
82 10.
Charlie O. Takes Over
93 11.
Playing Out the String in Kansas City
105 12.
A New Start on the West Coast
116 13.
The Mustache Gang!
128 14.
On Top of the World
137 15.
The A's Carry On After Williams
145 16.
The Last Years of Charlie Finley
153 17.
New Blood in Oakland
164 18.
To the Top Again
170 19.
Another Ride
179 20.
Billy Beane on the Scene
187 21.
Still Doing Well
197 22.
Losers Again, but Then ...
204 Epilogue
216 Chapter Notes
219 Bibliography
227 Index
231