Can you name the A's personnel in this
photograph?

"Taken in West Palm Beach Florida on March
7, 1951, this dugout photo shows (from left): Connie Mack, Chief
Bender, Jimmy Dykes, Wally Moses, Sam Chapman, and Arnold Portocarrero.
The men span the history of the Athletics franchise. Mack, 89, inaugurated
the Athletics in 1901; Bender, 67, joined the club in 1903; Dykes,
54, came on board in 1916; Moses, 41, started with the Athletics
in 1935; Chapman, 34, became a Mackman in 1940; Portocarrero, 19,
is the baby of the group, having joined the A's in 1950."
Mack retired as Athletics' manager after the 1950 season, and Dykes
took the helm of the team starting in 1951.
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