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A's bad as it gets : Connie Mack's pathetic Athletics of 1916 / John G. Robertson and Andy Saunders

Author
Robertson, John G., 1964-
Published
Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2014]
Physical Description
x, 186 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Additional Creators
Saunders, Andy, 1983- and McFarland & Company

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Contents
Machine generated contents note: The Last Hurrah: The 1913 Victory Banquet -- Connie Mack: The Architect of the A's (Part 1) -- Connie Mack: The Architect of the A's (Part 2) -- Connie Mack's First Dynasty: 1910 to 1914 -- Prelude to Disaster: Spring Training 1916 -- April: Despair and Hope -- May: Hope and the High-Water Mark -- June: Reality Tramples Optimism -- July: The Depths of Ineptitude -- August: The "Little Tonic Team of Baseball" Rises from Its Nadir -- August 26: The Masterpiece Among the Rubbish -- August 28 to Season's End: Playing Out the String -- Heroes and Pleasant Surprises, Villains, Disappointments and Busts -- The Aftermath and Beyond -- Whatever Happened To...? -- Were the 1916 A's Really the Worst MLB Team of the 20th Century?.
Summary
"This work is a game-by-game account of the Philadelphia Athletics' pitiful 1916 season, in which they won just 37 of 154 games. The book chronicles the daily grind of a team that had no chance to begin with and quickly became the laughingstock of the AL"--
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ISBN
9780786478187 (softcover ; alk. paper)
0786478187 (softcover ; alk. paper)
9781476613475 (ebook)
Collection
Ronald A. Smith Sports History Book Collection.
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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