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The Rain, The Park, and The 1969 All-Star Game

By Jeff Stuart With a torrential rain storm raging outside on Tuesday evening, July 22 the All-Stars remained dry and shot the breeze in the clubhouses. A photographer took the opportunity to snap a picture of Reggie Jackson of Oakland and Frank Howard of the Senators. Jackson had 37 home runs at mid season. Hoeard …

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Pitching Partners – Ramos and Pascual

RAMOS AND PASCUAL -PITCHING PARTNERS By Jeff Stuart I once owned a 1959 Topps Baseball Card #291 labeled, “Pitching Partners-Pedro Ramos-Camilo Pascual.” Somewhere along the way, I lost it. Even though it is only worth about $3.50 today, I would readily pay that for it. Certainly, it is worth more than that to an old …

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Harper’s Major League Debut

April 28, 2012 Washington Nationals left-fielder Bryce “Bam-Bam” Harper went 1-for-3 with one run batted in during his Major League Baseball debut. The 19 year-old Harper, the top pick of the 2010 draft, was called up from the minors two days earlier to replace Ryan Zimmerman, who was placed on the 15-day disabled list. Harper’s lone …

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Newsreel of the Washington Senators winning 1924 World Series

I hope Nats fans will be able to celebrate like it was 1924. The Library of Congress recently found nearly perfectly preserved nitrate film of a “Kinograms” newsreel showing the Washington Senators winning 1924 World Series.       Senators’ victory parade October 1, 1924, after

D.C. Baseball History.com more than just a website

The official website name is D.C. Baseball Yesterday & Today. I created the website December, 2012. Before creating this website I started by sharing my stories in April 2007 at Nationals Pride / Nationals Daily News website..  Since creating the website over a dozen contributors have shared their stories on the site. After the website was established I …

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DAY 5: THE SIEVERS STREAK

Thursday, August 1, 1957- As the temperature rose in Washington D. C., so also did Roy Sievers’ batting average.  Jack Harsham would become the next unwilling victim to Roy’s lethal bat. In the bottom of the 6th inning, with outfield mate Jim Lemon on base, Roy would take Harsham’s best fast ball deep into straightaway …

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DAY 4: THE SIEVERS STREAK

Wednesday, July 31, 1957- In the second game of a traditional 3-game set, Roy Sievers would show White Sox pitcher Bob Keegan the meaning of “frozen rope.”  In the bottom of the 7th inning, with the bases empty, Roy would hit a laser beam into the left field stands in an attempt to bring the …

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Memories Of Past All-Star Games

By Sean Grogan Baseball’s All Star Game will be played in Washington this coming Tuesday. Since I’m still in the area, I’ll probably go. I’ve been to three such games over the years, Washington in 1969, Baltimore in 1993, and Philadelphia in 1996. So I thought four would make a nice, even number. My memories …

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Paul Casanova displayed his tenacity in historic contest

Endurance is the most remarkable trait of professional athletes. Whether it’s Alex Ovechkin grinding through 13 NHL seasons before winning the Stanley Cup or Max Scherzer powering through eight innings to strike out 13 batters, remarkable displays of strength and stamina make for compelling competition. On June 12, 1967, 41 years ago Tuesday, Senators catcher …

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The team that almost moved to Washington in 1973

Imagine if the names of franchise greats inscribed on the mezzanine of Nationals Park included Dave Winfield, Ozzie Smith and Willie McCovey. What if, instead of tracing its roots back to Montreal, Washington’s baseball team had its origins in San Diego? It might have happened if the dreams of Washington baseball fans 45 summers ago …

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