D.C. Baseball History
Dec 14
December 14, 1928 The Washington Senators purchased George Sisler’s contract for $25,000 from the St. Louis Browns. The veteran 35 year-old first baseman will play in 20 games for the Senators before the team sold his contract to the Boston Braves for only $7,500 on May 27, 1928. For Sisler the move to Boston was …
Nov 29
On November 29, 1942 in Chicago, baseball owners start to gather at the Palmer House to discuss some of the bigger issues that will arise at baseball’s annual winter meeting that will start later in the week. One of the biggest topics is a request from the Washington Senators’ president Clark Griffith. Clark Griffith will attempt …
Sep 29
A few weeks ago I visited Gary Cieradkowski’s website http://infinitecardset.blogspot.com for the first time. I was extremely impressed with Gary’s baseball stories and his custom baseball cards. I could tell right away Gary and I had something in common. We both like to share stories about ball players most people have forgotten. I sent Gary …
Sep 04
On August 27, 2011, Bill Madden of the New York Daily News wrote a story titled; It appears MLB finally will pay Connie Marrero the pension he’s owed. In Mr. Madden’s story he writes the following; three weeks ago the Daily News reported that Marrero, at age 100, the oldest former major-league player, was residing …
Sep 02
September 2, 1952 In the second game of a double header at Griffith Stadium, Washington Senators’ pitcher Mike Fornieles, a 20-year old right hander from Cuba makes his major league debut against the Philadelphia Athletics. The young Fornieles struggled to find his control in the first two innings as he gave up one hit and …
Aug 16
For the past couple of weeks I’ve been invited to be part of MASNsports.com’s season-long initiative to welcome guest bloggers and allow them to post stories to MASN’s Nats Buzz site. My first story was titled: You never know what will happen at a game. Like most Washington Nationals fans, I also get a little …
Jul 31
You tell me, do historical Washington baseball statistics mean anything? I personally think keeping historical numbers that span across the different Washington major league franchises are worth keeping and sharing with the current Washington baseball fans. The difficult decision is deciding what numbers you use. Do you go all the way back to the 1886 …
Jul 21
On the 150th Anniversary of The Battle of Bull Run I think it is important that we remember all of the brave soldiers that fought on both sides of this devastating war. On July 2, 1861, on the grounds of the Ellipse, the Washington Nationals baseball club played a baseball game against a team that …
Jul 15
By Ernie Kyger My Dad pointed up toward the roof of DC Stadium and kidded me that they held motorcycle races up there when the Senators weren’t playing. I may have been only 8 years old, but I still didn’t believe him. We walked up to the ticket window where there was a sign that …
Jul 11
Major League baseball’s mid-summer classic was held at RFK Stadium on July 23, 1969. The sell-out crowd 45,259 that included President Richard M. Nixon witnessed some of the hardest hit home runs in All Star game history. In total there were five home runs hit during the 1969 All Star game. The National League went …
