Presented is a 1930s baseball signed by Hall of Fame manager Connie Mack. The legendary manager of the Philadelphia Athletics was a Major League catcher, manager, and owner, and he managed the Athletics for half a century, from 1901-1950, the longest managerial stint in history. As a player, with the Washington Nationals and the Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League and the Buffalo Bisons of the Players' League, Mack was crafty, and he was known as an expert tipper of bats, a skill, in violation of the rules, that would throw off a batter's swing. Mack (born as Cornelius McGillicuddy) holds Major League managerial records for wins (3,731), losses (3,918), and games (7,755). Mack was the first Major League manager to win three World Series titles, and he won a total of five World Championships. He had three dynasties with Philadelphia. His 1902 Athletics won the AL pennant, but there was no World Series that season. His 1905 Athletics also won the pennant. As the core players from that team aged, such as Hall of Famers pitchers Eddie Plank and Rube Waddell, Mack built up another Philadelphia dynasty, adding future Hall of Fame infielders Eddie Collins and Frank "Home Run" Baker, and the Athletics won the World Series in 1910, '11, and '13, and the pennant in '14. Franchise financial problems caused Mack to sell off star players and the Athletics did not have a great team again until they won pennants in 1929, '30, and '31, with World Series wins in both '29 and '30. These teams included Hall of Famers Mickey Cochrane, Jimmie Foxx, Al Simmons and Lefty Grove. However, the Great Depression and its ensuing financial difficulties for the Athletics forced Mack to once again sell his stars to keep the franchise solvent. Mack was one of the first managers to reposition his fielders for particular batters and he was famous for using his scorecard to maneuver his players. A trademark for Mack was that he managed his games in civilian clothes, a suit. As a manager and owner, Mack looked for intelligent players, often college men, and Mack tried to get players who were not big drinkers - with Rube Waddell being an exception. The Mack-signed baseball is a Spalding Official National League baseball (W.E. Carey, Eastern League President). Mack's signature, on the sweet spot, has been scripted in black ink. The neat signature displays some apparent fading, but it is clearly legible. The ball shows light soiling, some darkening, scattered surface abrasions, staining in a few spots. The ball comes with a PSA LOA.