The A's: A Baseball History (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780786477814)

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.

Author: David M. Jordan
ISBN-10: 0786477814
ISBN-13: 9780786477814
Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc.
Language: English
Published: 01/27/2014
Pages: 252
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.60d