Sports announcer Mel Allen standing at home plate during Connie Mack Day. Mack was a

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Mel Allen on Connie Mack Day

Sports announcer Mel Allen standing at home plate during Connie Mack Day. Mack was a Hall of Fame manager of the Philadelphia Athletics, and May 17 was designated "Connie Mack Day" by the Pennsylvania legislature in 1941.