Category: D.C. Baseball History

D.C. Baseball History

Nats Game Logs on this Date

Standings At Close of Play of April 20, 2005 NL East Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Washington Nationals 15 9 6 0 .600 – 66 76 Florida Marlins 15 9 6 0 .600 – 76 34 Atlanta Braves 15 7 8 0 .467 2.0 51 54 New York Mets 15 …

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Nats Game Logs on this Date

Standings At Close of Play of April 19, 2005 NL East Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Washington Nationals 14 8 6 0 .571 – 64 76 Florida Marlins 14 8 6 0 .571 – 67 32 Atlanta Braves 14 7 7 0 .500 1.0 51 52 New York Mets 14 …

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Nats Game Logs on this Date

Standings At Close of Play of April 18, 2005 NL East Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Washington Nationals 13 8 5 0 .615 – 61 70 Atlanta Braves 13 7 6 0 .538 1.0 48 47 Philadelphia Phillies 13 7 6 0 .538 1.0 62 60 Florida Marlins 13 7 …

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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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