Original sentence: Bender, Philadelphia and the Baltimore Terrapins never made a full recovery from 1915.In an attempt to turn this situation around and attract a marquee player to help them at the box office, the  team recruited Chief Bender of the American League champion Philadelphia Athletics, effectively ending one of the most successful dynasties in Major League Baseball history
Edited sentence: Bender and the Baltimore Terrapins never made a full recovery from 1915.In an attempt to turn this situation around and attract a marquee player to help them at the box office, the  team recruited Chief Bender of the American League champion Philadelphia Athletics.The Athletics had sold off several future Hall-of-Famers like Eddie Plank, Eddie Collins and Frank "Home Run" Baker after being swept by the surprising Boston Braves in the 1914 World Series