Tomorrow’s Game Washington Nationals versus New York Metropolitans Opponent Won Lost Year NYM 8 11 2005 NYM 6 12 2006 NYM 9 9 2007 NYM 6 12 2008 NYM 8 10 2009 NYM 9 9 2010 NYM 10 8 2011 NYM 14 4 2012 NYM 12 7 2013 Year Won Lost 2005 81 …
Mar 29
Nationals 2014 Preview: Hitters
Let’s get the predictions out of the way first. I’m calling “World Series or Bust” for the Los Angeles Dodgers. The defending National League West champions have two wins under their belts before most other teams have even played a game, and there should be many more to come. In fact with all their talent …
Mar 19
Washington Senators – 1926 Opening Day
Washington Senators – 1926 – Part 3 Walter Johnson By Edwin Marshall, age 10. Springfield, Illinois My favorite ball player is Walter Johnson. I like him best because I want to be a pitcher like him. He is tall. He has a strong arm. He has lots of speed and everything a pitcher should …
Mar 18
IN THE SPRING…
“IN THE SPRING A YOUNG MAN’S FANCY LIGHTLY TURNS TO THOUGHTS OF LOVE”.….and baseball! The great, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Poet Laureate of the UK, penned these famous words in his poem, Locksley Hall….and as baseball players and fans for many generations have added…..and baseball! With the 2012 spring training season “just around the corner” I …
Mar 18
Basketball 1896/1897
For a time in the 1890s many believed that indoor baseball would become “the” winter sport. Originated in Chicago the popularity of the game quickly spread. But many were offended by the rowdy behavior of the players and spectators. This left an opening for basketball. Like its counterpart basketball also had to deal with “rowdyism.” …
Mar 12
Spring Training Notes
Next year will mark the 10th anniversary of the Nats arrival in Viera. If you decide to fly down take money for the tolls. Parking is $7 on grass fields with a small handicapped parking lot near the stadium. For those so inclined there is “free” parking just past the stadium in municipal lots. It …
Mar 09
1926 Washington Senators – Spring Training (Part 2)
“Get Philadelphia” That was the motto of the Senators 1926 spring training session in Tampa. In 1925, the young and enthusiastic Philadelphia Athletics surprised the experts with a strong hitting attack and deep pitching staff, and by holding first place into August before the pressure of the pennant unraveled the team and sent them into …
Mar 06
1926 Washington Senators – Part One
Could the Washington Senators win a third consecutive American League pennant? Most believed the answer was no. Then again, nobody expected the Nats to win the 1924 pennant and World Series and the 1925 pennant. Now in 1926, were those so-called experts, once again, underestimating the Senators? Back in 1924, shortly before the …
Mar 03
Davy Force Fugitive from Justice
Our story originates in San Francisco’s Barbary Coast. The calendar is opened to Christmas Eve 1896. The “Coast” not for the faint hearted. It has more than just a “bad” reputation, even the police feared to enter the “Coast.” 24 December 1896 San Francisco Call. “FATALLY SHOT IN A SALOON” “Dave Fauss Fires Three Bullets …
Feb 26
“Old Reliable” Learns a Lesson
Washington has enjoyed a long list of good baseball writers. From RM Larner to Dick Heller, District baseball fans have been entertained, enlightened and cajoled by their penmanship. The following tale from the pen of the talented John Heydler dates to the spring of 1896. Rumors were flying that Jim McGuire was going to forsake …
