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This book chronicles the history of the Philadelphia Athletics, the first real dynasty in Major League Baseball. The focus of the book is the 1931 season, where Philadelphia, led …
Honus Wagner's spectacular baseball career spanned 21 seasons from 1897 through 1917. Widely considered the greatest shortstop in baseball history, Wagner won eight National League …
With play-by-play coverage of every Nittany Lion bowl game, this book chronicles Penn State football's vibrant history all the way back to the 1923 Rose Bowl. The team broke the …
In 1975, Dr. Richard Charles Haefner had it all—a Ph.D. from Penn State University, a prestigious job offer with UCLA and a thriving family business selling geological samples to …
Can you name America's oldest brewery? If visions of outsized draft horses plod to mind, you're way off. Instead, head for the mountains - of northeastern Pennsylvania. In 1829, in …
With more losses and last-place finishes than any other club in Major League Baseball, the Philadelphia Phillies have earned a reputation as one of the most unsuccessful teams ever …
In 1964, thousands of Philadelphian baseball fans were caught up in the Phillies' unexpected run at the National League pennant. After nearly a decade of continuous defeat, which …
The 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates were a special team - team being the operative word. There were no superstars - although Roberto Clemente would become one - and nobody had a record …
It has been said that Connie Mack managed only two kinds of teams during his half-century in the City of Brother Love - unbeatable and lousy. His teams collected nine pennants and …
Letters from soldiers to local newspapers during wartime had been popular since the Civil War, but World War I marked the end of this practice, as most letters were highly censored …