The Philadelphia Athletics were a Major League Baseball team that played in Philadelphia from 1901 to 1954, when they moved to Kansas City, Missouri, and became the Kansas City Athletics. In the early years, the A's established themselves as one of the dominant teams in the new league, winning the A.L. pennant six times (1902, 1905, 1910, 1911, 1913, and 1914), and winning the World Series in 1910, 1911, and 1913.
Atlanta was chosen for the 1996 Summer Olympics at the 96th International Olympic Committee Session in Tokyo, Japan on August 18, 1990.
1910-October-9 – Detroit Tigers star Ty Cobb stayed out of the lineup to preserve his .383 batting average. Cleveland Naps' Nap Lajoie went 8-for-8 in a doubleheader where six of his hits were bunt singles. He finished with a .384 batting average and rumor has it that the St. Louis Browns gave Lajoie the singles by playing too deep. American League president Ban Johnson investigated and found no wrongdoing.
In April 1994, Tom DeLuca obtained permission and made arrangements with Mercer County for the creation of two HTPS sponsored covers. Member John Ranto designed the cachets – one honoring the opening of Waterfront Park and the other commemorating the first Trenton Thunder game in the stadium as a Detroit Tigers affiliate. A special cancel was applied by the USPS resulting in a unique piece of postal history.
This was such a success, that John Ranto, on his own, used the 1994 opening day cachets to celebrate the Trenton Thunder's 1995 opening day as a new Boston Red Sox affiliate. John was helped in this effort by Sherman Britton. Over 500 event covers were created.
John again used the 1994 cachet design in commemorating the 1996 Double-A All Star baseball game which was held at Waterfront Park (the home of the Trenton Thunder). The USPS-applied "Trenton Thunder Logo" cancel tied the cachet to the first all-star game held in New Jersey. This is another nice example of a HTPS member creating a piece of philatelic history.