Folks when I started DCBH last December I knew I would invite a few D.C. baseball historians to contribute stories to the site. I wanted to try to bring to our readers a full range of stories about the players and teams that make up Washington baseball history. I believe our newest contributor Russ White …
Jul 01
This Day in D.C Baseball History – Big Train’s No-Hitter
Earlier this year, Mark Hornbaker wrote a great post summarizing Walter Johnson‘s no hitter against the Boston Red Sox 92 years ago today at Fenway Park — The Big Train actually had a near perfect game through six innings. Nor surprisingly, the ball that was used to record the final out is on display at the …
Jun 27
Gonzales and Strasburg are both having historic season
When it all said and done I believe the 2012 Washington Nationals may have a season that will be written about for decades. The team itself has done well to stay on top of their division. The team seems to keep an even keel in the first 72 games this season. Every time the team …
Jun 25
Excelsior Base Ball Club of Arundel
We live in a world where words like “cloud computing” and nanotechnology are part of everyday language. Where your neighbor might as well live in Singapore and communication is often in the form of a 140 word or less text message.[1] The very interconnectivity of modern life is also causing some to feel a certain …
Jun 24
Bring back the Rally Horse
With Ryan Zimmerman possibly going back on the DL! Great pitching but a struggling offense. It is time for the Nationals to bring back a secret weapon from the distant past. Well before the Angels had the rally horse the District had the rally horse! A mere look of the horse would insure the success …
Jun 22
Mickey Vernon Reminiscences
The Mickey Vernon Sports History Museum, located in Delaware County, PA, is a non-profit museum with the purpose of celebrating the life and career of Mickey himself and the athletes of his home county. It is funded strictly by donations. Mickey Vernon died on September 24, 2008. Two months before he died, he and I were taking a trip to …
Jun 21
This week’s Glovegate Wasn’t Nats’ first, or Worst
For many longtime Nats fans, Tuesday night’s feud between Nationals manager Davey Johnson and Tampa Bay skipper Joe Maddon over reliever Joel Peralta‘s pine tar-laden glove sparked memories of the team’s first season in Washington. In fact, it was nearly seven years to the day, on June 14, 2005, and many of the key folks …
Jun 21
American League players drawn by Vic Johnson – Yogi Berra
From the Mickey Vernon Museum, American League Baseball players drawn by Vic Johnson. This caricature of Yogi Berra is just one of a series of 19 caricatures of American League baseball players drawn by Vic Johnson during 1957. This caricature of Yogi Berra and the other 18, is taken from a composite collection of those illustrations and …
Jun 20
They were the Glory of Their Times
They were the Glory of Their Times[1] Saturday, 16 June while the Yankees battled the Nationals, Mark Hornbaker, Martin Niland, Karen and I from DC Baseball History at the request of Bill Blewett, One-Eyed Horse Productions,[2] took a step back in time to watch the filming of their new motion picture, “Day of the Gun.” …
Jun 19
Another Failed Test, But No Time to Wallow
Another big weekend series against one of baseball’s top teams, another setback. Instead of showing that they can play with the hottest team in baseball, the Nats let the New York Yankees have their way at Nats Park, losing two games that weren’t even close and a 14-inning heartbreaker that showed there is still considerable …
