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Connie Mack and the fading Athletics of 1950
The author reflects on Connie Mack’s Athletics from 1910 to 1914 and contrasts their pennants, star players, and high payrolls with the 1950 club. He notes attendance, scouting costs, rising player salaries, and Mack’s failure to lift weak material, predicting a disastrous 50th season and end of an era.
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Connie Mack
Athletics
Rice Connie
Eddie Collins
Stuffy McInnis
Jack Barry
Baker
Barry
Boston
Connie
Braves
Mack
Browns
White Sox
Ted Williamses
Joe DiMaggios
Wagner
Mathewson
Joe Jackson
Kid Walsh
Jackson
Walsh
Alexander
Cy Young
Drew
Walter Johnson