On August 3, the Indians were one game behind the Athletics. Lou Boudreau started Satchel Paige against the Washington Senators in Cleveland. The 72,562 people that saw the game set a new attendance record for a major league night game. Paige showed his nervousness as he walked two of the first three batters and then …
Jan 06
This Day in D.C. Baseball History
Twins Executive Vice President Joe Haynes suffered a heart attack while shoveling snow at his Hopkins , Minnesota home on January 6, 1967 and died at the age of 49. Haynes was signed by the Washington Senators as a free agent in 1937. During spring training in 1938 Haynes met and became smitten with Thelma …
Dec 29
Our Top Ten popular stories in 2013
NUMBER 10 Speak softly and carry a Big Stick by Mark Hornbaker This past February at the D.C. Baseball History Winter Meeting the first hour of the meeting was set aside for the attendees to introduce themselves and to share a piece of their Washington baseball memorabilia with the group. I would say half of …
Dec 24
The 1948 Project – 20 July 1948 Whisper’s from Washington
Nats end five game losing streak. Don Black carried a 2-1 record into the game while Ray Scarborough was seeking his seventh decision. He’s been licked five times. At the end of five innings, the Nats led, 2-1, and every run in the game was set up by a stolen base. The Indians weren’t able …
Dec 22
The 1948 Project – 18 July Game 1 Whisper’s from Washington
28,631 Boo Feller Who Lasts Only 5 Innings. To Bob Feller went the boos of 28,631 Griffith Stadium customers. Feller who has encountered the displeasure of the baseball world by his walkout on the All Star game, made his second start in the nightcap. The third largest crowd of the season gave him the works …
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 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 father …
Dec 18
25 January 1947 Ethel Posey reflects on her husband
Mrs. Ethel Posey, I have come to learn, was the steadying influence behind the shrewd but erratic Cum Posey, before the Homestead Grays co-owner died last summer. Posey was one of those cussing, fighting, rootin tootin’ hombres who cared little about what he did to you and less about whether you liked it. “Cum was …
Dec 15
22 July 1939 Nats take the Upper Bunks
The Washington Nationals managed by Clark Griffith, were making ready to leave Chicago en route to St. Louis for a series with the Browns. By one of this conincidents we are wont to call rare, Grif and Rube chose the same train. Therein might have been the rub if it had not been for the …
Dec 14
8 August 1942 Gibson Clouts 2 Homers
Paced by Josh Gibson who banged out two home runs to drive across four tallies, the Washington Homestead Grays, Friday night, knocked the Baltimore Elite Giants out of the Negro National League lead, by taking a 7 to 3 victory under the arc lights at Bugle Field. Rain halted Sunday’s scheduled twin bill, but Friday’s …
