Category: D.C. Baseball History

D.C. Baseball History

Nats Game Logs on this Date

Standings At Close of Play of April 17, 2005 NL East Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Washington Nationals 12 8 4 0 .667 – 57 61 Atlanta Braves 12 6 6 0 .500 2.0 47 47 New York Mets 12 6 6 0 .500 2.0 45 47 Philadelphia Phillies 12 …

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The Game Comes Home Web Series – “The Homestead Grays part 2”

The Game Comes Home Web Series – Part Eight “Homestead Grays part 2″ During the next 8 weekends we are going to share with you The Game Comes Home Web Series about D.C. Baseball History. The Game Comes Home is a new weekly documentary web series chronicling the History of Baseball in Washington, D.C. Interviews …

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Speak softly and carry a Big Stick

This past February at the D.C. Baseball History Winter Meeting the first hour of the meeting was set aside for the attendees to introduce themselves and to share a piece of their Washington baseball memorabilia with the group. I would say half of the 50 people who attended the meeting brought in some type of …

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The Game Comes Home Web Series – The 1924 World Series

The Game Comes Home Web Series – Part Five During the next 11 weekends we are going to share with you The Game Comes Home Web Series about D.C. Baseball History. The Game Comes Home is a new weekly documentary web series chronicling the History of Baseball in Washington, D.C. Interviews with Dick Heller, Phil …

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This Day in D.C. Baseball History – GW wins first baseball game played at Nationals Park

In front of a crowd of 2.500 spectators the George Washington Colonials played the St. Joseph’s Hawks in the first baseball game played at the new Nationals Park. The Colonials filled out the box score as they racked up 19 base hits on their way to a 9-4 victory. With the win the Colonials were …

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The Game Comes Home Web Series – Part Four

During the next 12 weekends we are going to share with you The Game Comes Home Web Series about D.C. Baseball History. The Game Comes Home is a new weekly documentary web series chronicling the History of Baseball in Washington, D.C. Interviews with Dick Heller, Phil Wood, Hank Thomas, Charlie Brotman, Mark Gauvreau Judge, Timothy …

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The New Washington Senators

While (now) ”classic” songs such as “Blue Moon” by the Marcels, “Runaway” by Del Shannon and “Mother-In-Law” by Ernie K. Doe were playing over local transistor radios throughout the D.C area, the new Washington Senators were playing their first ever spring training game in Florida. The date was Saturday, March 11, 1961, and the expansion version of the Washington Senators — …

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The Game Comes Home Web Series – Part Two

During the next 14 weekends we are going to share with you The Game Comes Home Web Series about D.C. Baseball History. The Game Comes Home is a new weekly documentary web series chronicling the History of Baseball in Washington, D.C. Interviews with Dick Heller, Phil Wood, Hank Thomas, Charlie Brotman, Mark Gauvreau Judge, Timothy …

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The Game Comes Home Web Series – Part One

During the next 15 weekends we are going to share with you The Game Comes Home Web Series about D.C. Baseball History. The Game Comes Home is a new weekly documentary web series chronicling the History of Baseball in Washington, D.C. Interviews with Dick Heller, Phil Wood, Hank Thomas, Charlie Brotman, Mark Gauvreau Judge, Timothy …

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I hope Washington is chosen to host the 2019 All-Star game

Earlier this week it was announced that the city of Cincinnati will be the host of the 2015 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. Like many Washington baseball fans I can’t wait for the nation’s capital to be chosen to host an All-Star game. With that said I actually hope D.C. is not chosen until 2019. …

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