Apr 01
Bullpen problems for the Nats? Where have we heard this before?
So here we are, three games in to the Nationals’ 2019 season, and the bullpen has already been identified as the team’s biggest weakness. To paraphrase Capt. Renault when he shut down Rick’s Café American, I am shocked – shocked – that there is lead-blowing happening on this ballclub. It’s doubtful many people would have …
Feb 10
Washington D.C. Baseball History – Spring Training
Did you know 117 years ago if you were going to spring training to catch the newly formed Washington Senators of the newly formed American League you would find yourself in Phoebus, Virginia? It wasn’t until 1907 the Senators went outside of the D.C. and Virginia area as they traveled to Galveston, Texas for spring …
Dec 21
Remembering Josh Gibson on his Birthday
On this day in the year 1911, Mark and Nancy Gibson became the proud parents of a baby boy they named Joshua Gibson. Joshua, spent the first ten years of his life in Buena Vista, Georgia where life wasn’t easy. At time his parents worked as sharecroppers in the fields throughout Georgia. In 1921, Joshua’s …
Dec 16
7th Annual D.C. Baseball History Meeting
7th Annual D.C. Baseball History MeetingHosted by Mark Hornbaker Our emcees are Ed “Scoreboard Boy” Baruch & Bill “Batboy” TurnerSaturday, February 9, 2019Meeting:11:00 AM – 5:30 PM / Dinner: 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM Hilton Garden Inn7301 Waverly StreetBethesda, MD 20814 The afternoon event is free to attend. Seating capacity 80, ** Line up of …
Nov 10
Moe Berg Reports To The Senators In Biloxi in 1933
Where was Moe Berg? His where-a-bouts where unknown. Was he okay? All catchers, along with all pitchers and rookies, were required by rookie manager Joe Cronin to report to spring training in Biloxi, Mississippi, before the rest of the squad. All complied with the rookie manager’s wishes. All accept for Berg. The last word about …
Oct 07
The 1933 Senators – Game 5 of the 1933 World Series (Part 7)
The hopes of a World Championship in the 1933 dream season of the Washington Senators appeared to be over. The Giants took a 3-0 lead in Game Five, and they sent General Crowder to the showers after 5 1/3 innings. With a runner on second, only one out, and with the Giants threatened to put …
Oct 06
Newsreel of the Washington Senators winning 1924 World Series
I hope Nats fans will be able to celebrate like it was 1924. The Library of Congress recently found nearly perfectly preserved nitrate film of a “Kinograms” newsreel showing the Washington Senators winning 1924 World Series. Senators’ victory parade October 1, 1924, after
Oct 06
The 1933 Senators – Game 4 of the 1933 World Series (Part 6)
At the White House,two of America’s most beloved were surrounded about one-hundred sportswriters on the morning of October 6th. The Writers listened as one of those American Heroes spoke while he had his arms around the other hero: “During the 1920 presidential campaign, I walked into the lobby and found the crowd, which I thought …
Oct 05
The 1933 Senators – Game 3 of the 1933 World Series (Part 5)
“It’ll be different in Washington,” said Senators third base coach Al Schacht after Washington lost Game Two in New York to fall behind, 2-0, in the 1933 World Series. “Yeah, it’ll be different when we beat (Earl) Whitehill for a change,” responded Giants second baseman Hughie Critz. Rain fell on Washington D.C. on the morning …
