This day in baseball: Connie Mack Stadium
Posted: February 13, 2018 Filed under: 20th Century, This day in baseball | Tags: American League, Baseball, Connie Mack, Connie Mack Stadium, history, Philadelphia Athletics, Shibe Park, sports, World Series Leave a commentOn February 13, 1953, the Philadelphia Athletics renamed their stadium from Shibe Park to Connie Mack Stadium, in honor of the legendary manager. During his fifty-year career as manager for the A’s, Mack led the team to nine American League pennants, appearing in eight World Series and winning five World Championships.
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This day in baseball: The A’s make a comeback
Posted: June 15, 2017 Filed under: 20th Century, This day in baseball | Tags: Baseball, Cleveland Indians, history, Major League Baseball, MLB, Philadelphia Athletics, Shibe Park, sports Leave a commentIn a game against the Indians on June 15, 1925, the Philadelphia A’s found themselves trailing 15-4 going into the bottom of the eighth inning. That inning, the Athletics posted an astonishing 13 runs to take the lead. They held onto that lead in the top of the ninth and won the game, 17-15.
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This day in baseball: Gornicki’s one-hitter
Posted: May 3, 2015 Filed under: 20th Century, This day in baseball | Tags: Baseball, Hank Gornicki, history, Major League Baseball, MLB, Philadelphia Athletics, Shibe Park, sports, St. Louis Cardinals, Stanley Benjamin 2 CommentsIn his first-ever Major League start, Hank Gornicki of the Cardinals threw a one-hitter to defeat Philadelphia at Shibe Park, 6-1 on May 3, 1941. The thirty-year-old rookie gave up the lone hit to rookie outfielder Stanley Benjamin. Unfortunately, in spite of his impressive beginning, Gornicki would only go on to win fifteen games in his career.
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This day in baseball: First Sunday game
Posted: April 8, 2014 Filed under: 20th Century, This day in baseball | Tags: Baseball, blue laws, history, Major League Baseball, MLB, Philadelphia Athletics, Philadelphia Phillies, Shibe Park, sports 6 CommentsThe first legal, professional Sunday baseball game in Philadelphia featured a matchup between the Phillies and the A’s on April 8, 1934. 15,000 fans looked on as the Phillies won 8-1 at Shibe Park in Philadelphia. Up until this point, blue laws in Pennsylvania deemed Sunday games illegal, as Sunday was intended as a day of worship and rest.
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Posted: September 8, 2013 Filed under: 20th Century, This day in baseball | Tags: American League, Baseball, history, Major League Baseball, MLB, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Athletics, Shibe Park, sports, Wally Schang 1 CommentOn 8 September 1916, the smallest crowd in American League history, a whopping twenty-three fans, watched the Yankees take on the A’s at Shibe Park in Philadelphia. During the game, A’s switch-hitter Wally Schang became the first player in Major League history to homer from both sides of the plate in the same game.
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