a little A's history

by Gettysburg Eddie on Nov 28, 2008 6:44 AM PST

The A's started in Philadelphia went to Kansas City and found their home to stay in Oakland, California. Want to know who was one of the best pitchers in franchise history. His name is Eddie Plank from Gettysburg , PA and he still holds team records and most wins for the team. Go back in time to the upcoming documentary Gettysburg Eddie at www.gettysburgeddie.com and take a look. Look over site and hit into links and enjoy!

SAJ

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nice website

Go Eddie. He must’ve been a great pitcher. I’ve often wondered though if his legendary slowness to the plate would seem all that slow to us modern baseball fans.

Look forward to your documentary.

by Brian in 317 on Nov 28, 2008 1:05 PM PST reply actions

thanks for the info- the website is informative

and I hope you’ll post here when the documentary is done/available, too; I’m sure there would be interest ’round these parts.

As a matter of curiosity, I had to go do some digging just to see if he’d ever had an at-bat against the Pirates; I wanted to see if they had ever walked the Plank.

No such luck, but I was very impressed with what I learned about Gettysburg Eddie, a pitcher I didn’t know anything much about, and I thank you for inspiring me to do a little research.

by still bills kingdom on Nov 28, 2008 4:52 PM PST reply actions

Speaking of Eddie Plank ...

One A’s fan considered him the 10th best player in Athletics history …

"It's for your own good. Big strong Devo knows whats best for Poppy" -- Mossback

by devo on Nov 28, 2008 5:56 PM PST reply actions

Great site!!!!

I’m going to sign up for updates. I enjoy baseball history and the Philadelphia A’s are one of my favorite teams to read history about. A team of extremes, they won like crazy when they won, and when they lost they did it to extreme.

It is amazing that Connie Mack could own, manage and GM the team at the same time, build it into a fearsome powerhouse, tear it apart and then rebuild it again into a team that was full of Hall of Famers like he did!

Look forward to more! Keep up the great work!

People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring.-Rogers Hornsby

by thegashousegang on Nov 29, 2008 11:11 AM PST reply actions

Keep in mind, though ... that was over the course of over 30 years ...

we wouldn’t be nearly as thrilled with the pace of the turn around if we were living it in real time …

"It's for your own good. Big strong Devo knows whats best for Poppy" -- Mossback

by devo on Nov 29, 2008 1:32 PM PST up reply actions

The time between the dynasties would've seemed like an eternity...

especially considering the rough years the A’s had between them. Today, with Free Agency, Drafts, Farm systems a rebuilding period taking this long would cause fans to come to the park with torches and pitchforks. You and I would both be griping.

But, lets compare his record in those days under those conditions to the competition of his time. The Red Sox were similar in being a early powerhouse, yet they wouldn’t make it back to being Series Champions till after the turn of the century in 2004. The White Sox would be the same.

The Browns would never build anything near to a dynasty till going to Baltimore, the Tigers wouldn’t make their rebuilding till the middle thirties, but then would still only have one World Championship. Cleveland would only have one pennant and Championship, The Yanks would take 23 years to get to their first World Championship but then crush the league till the early 60’s. Washington would take 24 years to win a pennant and a Championship, go in 25 and lose and not be back till 33, then never again.

I do agree with you that it sure would’ve seemed like an eternity in real life and that it was a long time to turn it all around. I can’t imagine going through those years of futility during the teens thru the mid-twenties. One sure would’ve had to really love baseball to hang around thru all that. Considering it all though, Connie did better than most I would think in being able to rebuild, in his time. :)

People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring.-Rogers Hornsby

by thegashousegang on Nov 30, 2008 5:17 AM PST up reply actions