May 2013 archive

Nats Game Logs on this Date

Standings At Close of Play of May 24, 2005 NL East Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Florida Marlins 42 26 16 0 .619 – 199 146 Atlanta Braves 45 26 19 0 .578 1.5 216 164 Washington Nationals 46 24 22 0 .522 4.0 187 195 New York Mets 46 …

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The Steel Leagues

This is the first part of a two part article. The National League dominated the majors during the early years of professional baseball. The American Association, its long time rival was always out matched and the rebellions that both faced in 1884 and 1890 were short lived. Ban Johnson’s League was finally able to achieve …

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Nats Game Logs on this Date

Standings At Close of Play of May 23, 2005 NL East Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Florida Marlins 41 25 16 0 .610 – 195 143 Atlanta Braves 44 25 19 0 .568 1.5 212 164 Washington Nationals 45 24 21 0 .533 3.0 184 191 New York Mets 45 …

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Nats Game Logs on this Date

Standings At Close of Play of May 22, 2005 NL East Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Florida Marlins 40 24 16 0 .600 – 190 141 Atlanta Braves 43 24 19 0 .558 1.5 204 158 Washington Nationals 44 24 20 0 .545 2.0 181 186 New York Mets 44 …

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Nats Game Logs on this Date

Standings At Close of Play of May 21, 2005 NL East Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Florida Marlins 39 23 16 0 .590 – 182 136 Atlanta Braves 42 24 18 0 .571 0.5 202 153 Washington Nationals 43 23 20 0 .535 2.0 172 184 New York Mets 43 …

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Christine Lamson White

I noticed the obituary for Mrs. White and will post it here. She is probably best known for her appearance on the Twilight Zone, but back in 1943 she was engaged to Jimmy Trimble III. Trimble grew up in Chevy Chase and was a talented athlete for St. Albans. He was also a baseball phenom …

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“Arise Babe Ruth!”

The headline about the 7 May 1918 game between the Red Sox and Nationals at Griffith Stadium says it all, “Arise Babe Ruth!” The highflying Red Sox lost to the 7-10 Washington squad with Walter Johnson getting the best of Dutch Leonard. But the day belonged to Babe Ruth. Here is what one paper recorded, …

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This Day in D.C. Baseball History – The Nats’ own the O’s

Ever since the Washington Nationals played their first game in D.C. in 2005 the team has played a game on May 20th each season. There really isn’t anything interesting about that fact that is until you comb though the numbers. In the eight games the Nats have played on May 20th the team has record …

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Nats Game Logs on this Date

Standings At Close of Play of May 20, 2005 NL East Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Florida Marlins 38 22 16 0 .579 – 178 133 Atlanta Braves 41 23 18 0 .561 0.5 195 148 Washington Nationals 42 23 19 0 .548 1.0 172 177 New York Mets 42 …

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Nats Game Logs on this Date

Standings At Close of Play of May 19, 2005 NL East Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Atlanta Braves 40 23 17 0 .575 – 192 144 Florida Marlins 37 21 16 0 .568 0.5 171 127 Washington Nationals 41 23 18 0 .561 0.5 171 171 New York Mets 41 …

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