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Martin A. Niland joins the D.C. Baseball Yesterday and Today staff

I am pleased to be able announce that writer Martin A. Niland has agreed to join the staff at D.C. Baseball Yesterday and Today. Martin has been covering sports and other news professionally for more than 30 years. This includes almost 10 years at The Associated Press, where he was part of the team that …

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Highstakes baseball card flipping tournament to benefit the United States Military All Star Baseball Team

The Mickey Vernon Sports History Museum at One Beaver Valley Road in Chadds Ford, PA 19317, is hosting a highstakes baseball card flipping tournament to benefit the United States Military All Star Baseball Team. This Texas Hold ‘Em style high stakes tournament will be held on Saturday, March 24 starting at 1 PM. Practice sessions …

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Texas Hold ‘Em Style Baseball Card Flipping Tournament

The Mickey Vernon Sports History Museum at One Beaver Valley Road in Chadds Ford, PA 19317, is hosting a high stakes baseball card flipping tournament to benefit the United States Military All Star Baseball Team. This Texas Hold ‘Em style high stakes tournament will be held on Saturday, March 24 starting at 1 PM.  Practice sessions will be held at the …

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Filling out our Roster during the off-season

Like any a good baseball team the winter months is a time to add new players to the squad and to let some existing players go. Here at D.C. Baseball Yesterday and Today we are just trying to put together a roster of writers together so our readers have plenty of stories about Washington D.C. …

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Remembering Longtime Orioles’ Pitcher Mike Flanagan

Like most baseball fans around the D.C. area I rooted for the Baltimore Orioles from the mid 70’s to 2004. To remember Mike Flanagan I am going to share with you stories from media and blog sites around the Baltimore and Washington area. Longtime Oriole Flanagan dead at 59 By Jon Star and Jordan Schelling / MLB.com MINNEAPOLIS …

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Storen’s 30th Save puts him on a Very Short List

Last night in Chicago, the Washington Nationals’ closer Drew Storen, entered the game for the start of the bottom of the 9th inning and did what he does best and that is he saved another game for the Nats. Storen’s 30th save of the 2011 season sealed the deal for the Nats’ starter Chien-Ming Wang …

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Democrats and Republicans on the Baseball Diamond

Tonight at Nationals Park sixty-four members of the Senate and House will put on their baseball jerseys and ball caps to renewal their traditional Congressional Baseball Game that first started in 1909. At 7:05 this evening the Democrats will attempt to extend their winning streak to three games as the Republicans will try stopping the …

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Pups in the Park Goes Primetime

This evening the Washington Nationals will be hosting their second of three Pups in the Park for the 2011 season at Nationals Park. For those of you who love baseball and dogs the Pups in the Park is a true delight. The Dog Days of Summer has whole new meaning at Nats Park as the …

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Baseball Agreement will Help Old Senators

Last month on April 21, 2011, Major League Baseball (MLB) and the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) made a joint announcement stating that inactive, non-vested men who played between 1947 and 1979 will receive up to $10,000 per year, depending on their length of service credit, as compensation for their contributions to the national …

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Harmon Killebrew Dies at the age of 74

We are just hearing the sad news that Harmon Killebrew passed away this morning at his home in Scottsdale, Arizona, at the age of 74. Late last week the news broke that Harmon decided to stop his cancer treatment for esophageal cancer. As it was very sad to hear about Harmon stopping the treatment it …

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