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• 19 to 21…No, that’s not how many people have been given credit for inventing baseball (but it’s close…)

• 19 to 21…No, that’s not how teams might be able to use Tom Glavine

• 19 to 21…No, that’s not how many left-handed pitchers have won 300 games

• 19 to 21…No, that’s not how many minor leaguers the Pirates have traded for in the last year
• 19 to 21…No, that’s not how many pitchers the Phillies are going to audition for Brett Myers’ spot in the rotation
• TAPED BASEBALL A NATURAL IN ITS TIME
• 19 to 21…No, that’s not how many Knickerbockers had a hand in the first rules of baseball

• 19 to 21…Let’s start with the 19th Century and move forward

• 19 to 21…No, not that many books have been written about the 2008 World Series

• A's Society Secretary John Patton 1970's summer time trip

• 19 to 21…Far more than that have been done too soon.

• 19 to 21…Well, yes, that’s how long people have been trying to pick pennant races

• 19 to 21…Yes, those are the centuries of baseball

• Shibe Park/Connie Mack Stadium Centennial Anniversary 1909 - 2009

• Inaugural Season: The 1883 Phillies

• 19 to 21…No, that’s not how many teams really have a shot at the World Series this year

• 19 to 21…No, that’s not exactly how much Ryan Howard will make this year

• Yes, this is the first installment of 19 to 21 for 2009
• An Old Joke, But True!
• The Don of Baseball
• A Baseball Plant Tour
• Dick Fitzgerald - Over 70 and still Pitching Coach of Connie Mack’s great, great, grandson

• The Manager and the Cowboy

• More Losses Than Wins

• A's Super Fan

• CHIEF BENDER'S BURDEN- A REVIEW

• History Mystery Question: Who was the Cooperstown Hall of Fame pitcher who played on a Kenosha baseball team and on a Kenosha football team in 1901?

• Former All-Star Lou Brissie is still soldiering on

Do you have a question about someone who had a professional career in baseball and you would like to know more about his statistics, teams, league, and teammates? If he ever played in professional baseball, we will try and answer your question, free of any charge as part of our commitment to share the history of professional baseball in America. Include his name and as much as you know about his career.

Thank you,
Max Silberman, Society VP History & Research
1526 Brookhaven Road
Wynnewood, PA 19096

Email: max120@comcast.net

Our Free Library located in downtown Hatboro, PA is also available for your use in performing similar research at your leisure.

• Baseball... Then and Now Volume 5, #48

• Baseball... Then and Now Volume 5, #47

• Baseball... Then and Now Volume 5, #46

• Spring Training 1944
• Bill Werber: Running the Good Race

• Baseball... Then and Now Volume 5, #41

• Maje McDonnell

• Baseball... Then and Now Volume 5, #38
• Baseball... Then and Now Volume 5, #36

• Baseball... Then and Now Volume 5, #33

• Baseball... Then and Now Volume 5, #30
• Gus Zernial: A Tale of Two Cities
• A Record with Legs: Most Double Plays Turned in a Season
• The 1915 Philadelphia Phillies: National League Champions!
• Can you name the A's personnel in this photograph?
• Can you name the Athletic players in this photo?
• Old Man Booze at Shibe Park/Connie Mack Stadium
• COLBY JACK COOMBS
• Rube Waddell vs. Cy Young
• An Election Eve Gathering of Philadelphia Sports’ Leaders
• Columbia Park was the first home of the Athletics
• MAX BISHOP: CAMERA EYE
• Connie Mack Statute
• The Phillies Leave Baker Bowl
• Baseball Clowns at the 1930 World Series
• John Shibe – A Biographic Sketch
• JOOST AND COMPANY SET RECORD
• Hard Work and Hard Play Made Marion Fricano a Good Ballplayer and Good Citizen
• Worst Team Ever
• The Golden Age of Baseball in Philadelphia
• EDDIE COLLINS: WHITE ELEPHANTS AND BLACK SOX
• 1930 Philadelphia Athletics Tribute
• The Babe’s Last Game
• Vincent Gohl Sr, Ottawa Canada circa 1951-54
• GEORGE EARNSHAW - THE RIGHT HALF OF MOSE AND MOOSE
• JIMMY DYKES…A PHILADELPHIA STORY
• The Summer of 41
• Connie Mack Gone Fifty Years
• 1954 photograph is long time A's radio announcer Byrum Saam
• Lancaster Athletics 1938 Champion
• 300,000 Hail Connie Mack: He Gets His City's Merit Award
• Testimonial Dinner in Honor of Connie Mack Program
• Meet Rusty Peters...In Pursuit of a Baseball Dream
• Bob Neighbors: A Hero Remembered
• Gene Bearden -- The Unsinkable Man in Brown
• Hal Epps -- Flychaser Supreme
• “Black Saturday”: Philadelphia’s Deadliest Sports Disaster
• The Phillies’ Inaugural Opening Day
• The 1913 World Champion Athletics
• Shibe Park’s Scoreboard
• Hey Mom, I've Got Pennant Fever
• Crash Davis on meeting Mr. Mack
• Evoluton of Shibe Park
• Philly’s Links to the Black Sox Scandal
• Connie Mack Day Remembered
• The Single Toughest Decision Connie Mack Made
• A President Makes His Picks
• A 1944 Tribute to Connie Mack
• Bing Miller: “Old Reliable”

• Virgil Trucks: Throwing Heat was Fire's Deparment

• George Kell: A Tiger in A’s Clothing
• The Unsinkable Bullet Joe Bush
• The Story of the 1902 American League Champion Athletics
• Philadelphia's Most Storied Ballpark
• Connie Mack’s Days as a Player With The Washington Nationals
• The Single Toughest Decision Connie Mack Made
• A President Makes His Picks
• Connie Mack's First Book
• Rube Oldring: “The Pride of the Left Field Stands”
• Lou Limmer, One of Baseball’s Nice Guys
• Woody Wheaton Remembered
• And the Winner is...Indian Bob
• Why the A's were called White Elephants
• Vic Power: A Baseball Odyssey
• Baker Bowl: A Historical Sketch of Baker Bowl
• The 1905 Athletics: American League Champions!
• 1964 Phillies Press Guide
• An Interview With Eddie Mayo
• Bucketfoot Al
• Dick Fowler: A Pitcher of Note
• The Saga of "Alabama" Pitts
• Nellie Fox - The One That Got Away
• What Would Have Happened If the War Hadn’t Intervened
• An Interview with Lum Harris
• Father Jerome Romanowski, "The Baseball Padre"
• A Wet Day in Motown
• Connie Mack’s First Book
• Greek George: A Slam-Bang Way To Go Out
• The Story of the 1964 Phillies Press Guide
• Connie Mack’s Days as a Player Part II: The Pittsburgh Years
• The Story Behind the White Elephant
• Crash Davis, A Legend in His Own Time, Dead at 82
• The Fight for Sunday Baseball in Philadelphia
• Shibe Park’s Grand Opening
• Fact of the Day ... A Story About John "Stuffy" McInnis
• Charles Albert “Chief” Bender - A Biographic Profile
• Philadelphia Athletics Championship Teams
• WE WUZ' ROBBED! The Pennant Race of 1907
• Twilight Teams - The Unthinkable
• Little Nel - The Nellie Fox Story
• Lefty Grove Triumphs
• An Athletics and Phillies World Series: How Close Did They Come?
• A Special Tribute to Our WWII Veterans
  • Major League Baseball Goes to War
  • Lou Brissie
  • Phil Marchildon
  • Bob Savage
• Rube Waddell: Strikeout King
• A's Fans Quickly Lost Interest After Move to K.C.

Do you have a question about someone who had a professional career in baseball and you would like to know more about his statistics, teams, league, and teammates? If he ever played in professional baseball, we will try and answer your question, free of any charge as part of our commitment to share the history of professional baseball in America. Include his name and as much as you know about his career.

Thank you,
Max Silberman, Society VP History & Research
1526 Brookhaven Road
Wynnewood, PA 19096

Email: max120@comcast.net

Our Free Library located in downtown Hatboro, PA is also available for your use in performing similar research at your leisure.