This is the first part of a two part article. The National League dominated the majors during the early years of professional baseball. The American Association, its long time rival was always out matched and the rebellions that both faced in 1884 and 1890 were short lived. Ban Johnson’s League was finally able to achieve …
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May 20
Christine Lamson White
I noticed the obituary for Mrs. White and will post it here. She is probably best known for her appearance on the Twilight Zone, but back in 1943 she was engaged to Jimmy Trimble III. Trimble grew up in Chevy Chase and was a talented athlete for St. Albans. He was also a baseball phenom …
May 18
Nats Game Logs on this Date
Standings At Close of Play of May 18, 2005 NL East Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Atlanta Braves 40 23 17 0 .575 – 192 144 Florida Marlins 37 21 16 0 .568 0.5 171 127 Washington Nationals 40 22 18 0 .550 1.0 168 169 New York Mets 41 …
May 11
Nats Game Logs on this Date
Standings At Close of Play of May 11, 2005 NL East Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Atlanta Braves 34 21 13 0 .618 – 169 118 Florida Marlins 31 19 12 0 .613 0.5 145 91 Washington Nationals 34 18 16 0 .529 3.0 148 146 New York …
May 01
Nats Game Logs on this Date
Standings At Close of Play of May 1, 2005 NL East Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Florida Marlins 23 14 9 0 .609 – 109 66 Atlanta Braves 25 15 10 0 .600 – 100 79 Washington Nationals 25 13 12 0 .520 2.0 104 114 New York Mets 25 …
Apr 30
Once more with feeling: Wolff at the door
I spent a fun day last week with one of my favorite people and his family. Bob Wolff has been away from Washington for more than a half-century now, but to me and a lot of other senior baseball fans, he will always be the Voice of the Senators. When I was growing up in …
Apr 29
Treinen vs. Gausman
Sunday afternoon the Harrisburg Senators played their final match in the three game series with Bowie and won by a score of 1 – 0. Fans were treated to a pitcher’s duel between Orioles pitching prospect Kevin Gausman and Blake Treinen with Blake getting the better of it. Blake Treinen, a 7th Round pick by …
Apr 29
Nats Game Logs on this Date
Standings At Close of Play of April 29, 2005 NL East Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Florida Marlins 21 13 8 0 .619 – 101 57 Atlanta Braves 23 13 10 0 .565 1.0 95 76 Washington Nationals 23 12 11 0 .522 2.0 96 105 New York Mets 23 …
Apr 27
“Des Moines Danny”
In the spring of 1918 the Senators were impressed, very impressed by a young speed merchant from Des Moines named Danny June Cass, although he was also referred to as June Cass, Danny Cass and is listed in Baseball Reference as DJ Cass. Cass was 23 years old when he reported for spring training in …
