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1929 Philadelphia Athletics

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  • Athletics go unchallenged in 1930 and 1931!
  • Win pennants by very comfortable margins!
  • Foxx and Simmons provide offense. . .
  • Grove and Earnshaw provide pitching. . .
  • But. . . attendance drops over 100K in 1930!
  • . . . and almost as much in 1931!

    • It's Connie's misfortune to build another great team just in time for the Great
    Depression, which hits Philly sooner and deeper than other big league cities

  • And he does the same kind of dismantling he did in the 'Teens
  • He sells Simmons at end of '32, Grove after '33, Foxx after '35
  • . . . and it's back to the cellar!

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