{"product_id":"connie-macks-29-triumph-the-rise-and-fall-of-the-philadelphia-athletics-dynasty-9780786421657","title":"Connie Mack's '29 Triumph: The Rise and Fall of the Philadelphia Athletics Dynasty","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): William C. Kashatus\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Baseball - History\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e It has been said that Connie Mack managed only two kinds of teams during his half-century in the City of Brother Love--unbeatable and lousy. His teams collected nine pennants and five World Series titles, balanced by 17 last place finishes. While Mack, an enterprising businessman, had a gift for discovering talented players and molding them into a team, by the time he was well into his sixties, Philadelphians suspected that the A's skipper had lost his ability. Mack went on to disprove all doubts, however, with a second championship dynasty in 1929 that vindicated the \"Tall Tactician.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This work chronicles the rise and fall of the 1929 Philadelphia Athletics and their six-year rivalry with the New York Yankees, 1927 to 1932. Based primarily on newspaper accounts, the book tells the story of the \"Grand Old Man of Baseball\"--and the 1929 A's team that is unfairly overlooked in favor of the 1927 Yankees as baseball's greatest all-around team. This history is packed with photographs, notes and statistical appendices, and includes a foreword by \u003ci\u003eThe Sporting News\u003c\/i\u003e writer Dave Kindred.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46895672164503,"sku":"9780786421657","price":2823.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780786421657.webp?v=1770355197","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/connie-macks-29-triumph-the-rise-and-fall-of-the-philadelphia-athletics-dynasty-9780786421657","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}