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When the 1948 season began, Connie Mack had his usual collection of bargain-basement ballplayers. Last week, to every body's surprise, the A's were leading the league and going like crazy. Even Mr. Mack seemed a little taken aback...
...Mack had been both canny and lucky in picking his rookies and hand-me-downs. Almost half his team were castoffs from other clubs, picked up on waivers. Some experts thought that the old man had gone off his rocker when he ranked his current infield higher than his fabulous $100,000 (1911-14) four (Stuffy Mclnnis, Jack Barry, Home Run Baker, Eddie Collins). Said Oldtimer Collins: "Connie is kidding . . . pepping up his club to make it believe in itself...
...Even Mr. Mack admits that his team has had some breaks: "The pitching against us has not been so good. We have gotten more bases on balls than we had a right to expect." He was finding winning so much fun that he had spurned an offer of $100,000 for Pitcher Marchildon. And people might find it hard to believe, but Mr. Mack was actually trying to buy an outfielder for $50,000 cash...
...MACK J. JORDAN...
...gave no more hits, no runs, and struck out Ted Williams the next time he came to bat. It was Brissie's first big-league victory (4-2). Said Philadelphia's 85-year-old Manager Connie Mack, who sweated out the game on the bench, "I never felt so tired in all my life." His lowly A's went on to win a third straight game from the highly-touted Red Sox - and to enjoy, while they could, the strange sensation of leading the American League with a fat 1,000 average...