(October 17, 1911) NEW YORK–These two men hardly need any introduction, but we’ll give them one anyway, starting with the A’s right hander, “Colby” Jack Coombs. PHILADELPHIA. Coombs immortalized himself in Philadelphia last year by winning 31 games in the regular season with a 1.30 ERA, followed by 3 World Series wins. Due to that […]
Hello, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to today’s game between the AL Champion Philadelphia Athletics and the NL champion New York Giants. To watch today’s game in real time, just click here, look over your starting lineups, and then click “View Game” (Game takes about 10-15 minutes). We’ve got a packed house of 37,216 on […]
(October 18th, 1911) NEW YORK– William Penn and Ben Franklin were seen milling around the visitors clubhouse late yesterday afternoon. They were there to extend an invite to one “Mr. Frank Baker”, heretofore known as “Home Run”, to join that rare pantheon of Philadelphia immortals, men whose names and deeds shall be remembered in the […]
Game 4 was supposed to be played yesterday but field conditions have made play impossible, as a steady rain has been coming down in Philadelphia for the 24 hours, and still shows no sign of letting up. McGraw graciously offered to move the game to New York, but Mack declined this offer rather quickly. He […]
(October 20th, 1911) PHILADELPHIA– The rivalry between New York and Philadelphia just heated up a bit, as Philly fans have made life so miserable for Fred Snodgrass that he has left the city and returned to New York until the rain stops. Snodgrass, as you may recall, slid hard into Frank “Home Run” Baker an […]
The two teams caught trains into Philadelphia after Game 3, and their reception in the City of Brotherly Love was radically different. The A’s were greeted as conquering heroes. Three bands were hired to welcome them to the North Philadelphia train station, and thousands of fans turned out to hail their heroes. The players walked […]
(October 20th, 1911) PHILADELPHIA– A’s center fielder Reuben “Rube” Oldring will be playing the rest of the World Series with a heavy heart. He lost his sister Lilianne to tuberculosis yesterday. He was wired the news today while he was preparing for Game 4 of the Series. He saw his sister after Game 1, as […]
(October 21, 1911) PHILADELPHIA– Writing yesterday for the Toronto World, Ty Cobb said that the rains that have rendered Shibe Park unplayable are a positive for the Giants. Cobb thought the Series was over after the Athletics won Game 3, but says that the Giants have been handed a reprieve by the rains. Says Cobb: […]
This is not the first time these two teams have met in the Series. In 1905, they went head to head, and the Series helped establish Christy Mathewson as a star. Mathewson won three games in the Series, as the Giants walloped the Athletics, 4 games to 1. Incredibly, all 5 games ended in shutouts. […]
When the A’s joined the American League in its first year of existence in 1901, team owner Benjamin Shibe wasted little time in offering exorbitant contracts to star National Leaguers, in effect raiding them of their talent. John McGraw, who had managed the Orioles in the AL but flipped over to the Giants of the […]
Welcome to Shibe Park, where after a 6-day rain delay, we are finally ready for some baseball! Today it will be Christy Mathewson on the hill for the Giants and Chief Bender pitching for the hometown Athletics. The A’s will try to take a 3-1 Series lead, while the Giants try to knot it at […]
(October 25) PHILADELPHIA– Last year, after Chief Bender (left, in color!) knocked off Chicago in Game 1 of the 1910 World Series, Cubs manager Frank Chance quipped, “That Indian was almost inhuman. The greater the tension, the better he pitched. He fairly reveled in the tumult of the stands and often laughed like a pleased […]
