Dec 21
On this day in the year 1911, Mark and Nancy Gibson became the proud parents of a baby boy they named Joshua Gibson. Joshua, spent the first ten years of his life in Buena Vista, Georgia where life wasn’t easy. At time his parents worked as sharecroppers in the fields throughout Georgia. In 1921, Joshua’s …
Dec 16
7th Annual D.C. Baseball History MeetingHosted by Mark Hornbaker Our emcees are Ed “Scoreboard Boy” Baruch & Bill “Batboy” TurnerSaturday, February 9, 2019Meeting:11:00 AM – 5:30 PM / Dinner: 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM Hilton Garden Inn7301 Waverly StreetBethesda, MD 20814 The afternoon event is free to attend. Seating capacity 80, ** Line up of …
Oct 06
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
Sep 30
September 30. 1971 In front of 14,460 fans the Washington Senators outscored the New York Yankees 7-5 and lose the final game the team will play at RFK stadium. The Yankees win this game by forfeit as Senators’ fans show Robert Short how they really feel about his decision to move the team to Texas. …
Sep 03
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 …
Apr 22
As most of you know by now Phil Humber of the Chicago White Sox tossed a perfect game yesterday. Humber’s perfect game was the 21st perfect game in Major League history. This morning I wanted to see how close Washington’s Walter Johnson came to pitching a perfect game during his July 1, 1920 no-hit game …
Mar 25
Those of you who attended the 6th Annual DC Baseball History Meeting this past February had the pleasure of hearing Ed Johnson present on Washington baseball great Cecil Travis. During the course of his presentation, Ed mentioned that much of the research he’d done for his presentation was done during the 1990s, in anticipation of …
Feb 14
The Washington “Homestead” Grays The Game Comes Home documentary web series chronicling the History of Baseball in tale of baseball in the Nation’s Capitol. JBH Video present the Homestead Grays in Washington D.C. Written by William Meaux & Phil Wood, Narrated by Mark Redfield, Directed, Photographed & Edited by Jeff Herberger.
Feb 08
On February 8, 1958 the UP reported that Washington Senators’ slugger Roy Sievers, who last season led the American League in home runs and RBI’s while hitting .301, said today he wants a 100 percent increase in salary for the 1958 season. The 31-year-old outfielder said he had returned an unsigned contract to club President …
