Author Archives: Alex Cheremeteff

MACK ANSWERS McGRAW

Connie Mack responds to John McGraw’s claim that the Athletics are in debt and not turning a profit McGraw is challenged by Mack to produce proof John McGraw was always the cantankerous sort. Whether it was spiking a middle infielder as a player or savaging an umpire as manager, the man never shied away fromContinue reading “MACK ANSWERS McGRAW”

1988 FLEER BASEBALL – WAX PACK #1

A baseball nerd’s simple pleasure – 36 wax packs in 36 days I have driven by this antiquated strip mall on numerous occasions. Discount retailers, a bank, a dry cleaner, a nail salon, Chinese take-out. It’s quite literally, Any Town USA. Nothing ever stood out. This particular morning, while performing the mundane task of runningContinue reading “1988 FLEER BASEBALL – WAX PACK #1”

OLD SPORT’S MUSINGS…ON OPENING DAY

The following is a portion of a column from the April 18, 1910 edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer When the historians of the future, writing of the national game for the enlightenment of generations of baseball fanatics yet unborn, begin to dwell upon the important eras and epochs in the sport’s development, they will haveContinue reading “OLD SPORT’S MUSINGS…ON OPENING DAY”

BABE RUTH AND THE PENNIES FROM HEAVEN

Two games at two ballparks in two separate uniforms. The Bambino’s frenetic day across North Philadelphia nearly 98 years ago PHILADELPHIA, September 4, 1923 – A black sedan idled by the players’ entrance to Shibe Park. The driver patiently waited for the game between the New York Yankees and Philadelphia Athletics to end in aContinue reading “BABE RUTH AND THE PENNIES FROM HEAVEN”

FAN APATHY – TOO MUCH WINNING IN PHILADELPHIA

Can there be such a thing as too much success? The dynastic Philadelphia Athletics of the Dead Ball Era certainly put that theory to the test. It did not take long for the Athletics to surpass their neighbors, the Philadelphia Phillies – in the win column and at the turnstiles. By 1902, in just theirContinue reading “FAN APATHY – TOO MUCH WINNING IN PHILADELPHIA”

ELEPHANTS ARE BACK ON THE WINNING TRACK

Coombs and a quartet of swatters carry the Athletics to a narrow victory over the Browns, 3-1 PHILADELPHIA, May 25, 1910 – With two consecutive defeats under their collective belts, the sleep-walking White Elephants finally awakened and placed the bottom-feeding Browns back in their place at Shibe Park this afternoon. It wasn’t easy. The scrappyContinue reading “ELEPHANTS ARE BACK ON THE WINNING TRACK”

ATHLETICS ARE CAST ADRIFT BY LAKE

Mackmen are baffled by the offerings of Joe Lake and the lowly Browns, 6-1 PHILADELPHIA, May 24, 1910 – Having bade the powerful Detroit Tigers adieu yesterday afternoon, the mighty Athletics welcomed the lowly St. Louis Browns into their playpen this afternoon. The Mound City tailenders have won only five of their twenty-eight games. WithContinue reading “ATHLETICS ARE CAST ADRIFT BY LAKE”

ATHLETICS ARE SUNK BY A PAIR OF LONG-TIME ADVERSARIES

Led by Donovan’s arm and Cobb’s lumber, the Tigers sneak by the Athletics, 4-3 PHILADELPHIA, May 23, 1910 – Coming off a fourteen game unbeaten streak, our Athletics had a chance to show those blasted Detroit Tigers who’s boss. An opportunity to put some distance between themselves and the three-time, defending American League champions. Instead,Continue reading “ATHLETICS ARE SUNK BY A PAIR OF LONG-TIME ADVERSARIES”

LUCKY SEVENTH

Trailing all afternoon, Athletics explode in the seventh to secure a 7-4 triumph PHILADELPHIA, May 21, 1910 – As has become custom when the Detroit Tigers roll in to town, some of the season’s grandest gatherings assemble at the corner of Twenty-First and Lehigh to serenade Hughie Jennings’s boys in a way that only PhiladelphiansContinue reading “LUCKY SEVENTH”