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Book Synopsis Baseball in Washington, by : Frank Ceresi
Download or read book Baseball in Washington, written by Frank Ceresi and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dubbed "America's Game" by Walt Whitman, baseball has been enjoyed in our nation's capital by everyone from young boys playing street stickball to Presidents throwing out the inaugural first pitch of the season. Just 13 years after Alexander Cartwright codified baseball's rules, the Washington Nationals Baseball Club formed and in 1867 toured the country spreading the "baseball gospel." By 1901 the team became one of the first eight major league teams in the newly formed American League. Players such as Walter Johnson, probably the greatest pitcher of all time, and other Senators under the stewardship of owner Clark Griffith successfully led the club in 1924 to what many consider to be the most exciting World Series in baseball history. Later, the Homestead Grays played at Griffith Stadium and fielded a team featuring legendary Negro League greats such as Josh Gibson and Buck Leonard. The powerhouse Grays, during a ten-year span, won nine Negro League World Championships, a record that may never be equaled in any team sport again. When the Grays disbanded, the original Senators left for Minnesota in 1960, and the expansion Senators of the 1960s relocated, the city was left without a professional baseball team. While many feared that baseball in D.C. was over, a spirit remained on the diamond and is still felt today as children and adults team up in one way or another to play the national pastime in the nation's capital. Hopes for a new professional team linger, and those remembering baseball's heyday will enjoy this extensive and unusual collection ofhistoric photos that celebrate a time when the crowds roared and Washingtonians believed that the summer game would never end.
Book Synopsis You Gotta Have Heart by : Frederic J. Frommer
Download or read book You Gotta Have Heart written by Frederic J. Frommer and published by Taylor Trade Publishing. This book was released on 2013-06-21 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “First in War, First in Peace . . . and Last in the American League.” Expressions such as this characterized the legend and lore of baseball in the nation's capital, from the pioneering Washington Nationals of 1859 to the Washington Senators, whose ignominious departure in 1971 left Washingtonians bereft of the national pastime for thirty-three years. This reflective book gives the complete history of the game in the D.C. area, including the 1924 World Series championship team and the Homestead Grays, the perennial Negro League pennant winners from the late 1930s to the mid-1940s who consistently outplayed the Senators. New chapters describe the present-day Nationals, who, in 2012, won the National League East led by the arms of Gio Gonzalez and Stephen Strasburg and the bats of Ryan Zimmerman, Adam LaRoche and rookie Bryce Harper. The book is filled with the voices of current and former players, along with presidents, senators, and political commentators who call the team their own.
Download or read book National Pastime written by Barry Svrluga and published by Doubleday Books. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Major League Baseball returned to Washington, D.C., in 2005 and created a bang that no one had anticipated. The Washington Nationals enjoyed astonishing success from the get-go; by midseason they were in first place in the highly competitive National League East. The team, composed mainly of former Montreal Expos and managed by one of the best players in the history of the game—the feisty, outspoken Frank Robinson—captured the attention of baseball fans not just in the nation’s capital but throughout the country. Barry Svrluga, beat reporter for The Washington Post, has followed the saga of the Nationals from the early, intense wrangling over bringing the team to Washington to the surprising success of their first-ever season. Granted exclusive access to the team, he brings the players to life in wonderful anecdotes about their lives on and off the field, interviews fans from around the city, and offers his own astute analyses of the team’s ups and downs throughout the season. A savvy observer of both Washington and Major League politicking, he covers the conflicts that undermined the existence of a D.C. team for more than three decades, including battles about financing the franchise and the building of a new stadium (now scheduled to be completed in 2008), as well as bitter opposition from the neighboring Baltimore Orioles and others inside the baseball establishment.
Download or read book Buzz Saw written by Jesse Dougherty and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-04-06 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The remarkable story of the 2019 World Series champion Washington Nationals told by the Washington Post writer who followed the team most closely. By May 2019, the Washington Nationals—owners of baseball’s oldest roster—had one of the worst records in the majors and just a 1.5 percent chance of winning the World Series. Yet by blending an old-school brand of baseball with modern analytics, they managed to sneak into the playoffs and put together the most unlikely postseason run in baseball history. Not only did they beat the Houston Astros, the team with the best regular-season record, to claim the franchise’s first championship—they won all four games in Houston, making them the first club to ever win four road games in a World Series. “You have a great year, and you can run into a buzz saw,” Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg told Washington Post beat writer Jesse Dougherty after the team advanced to the World Series. “Maybe this year we’re the buzz saw.” Dougherty followed the Nationals more closely than any other writer in America, and in Buzz Saw he recounts the dramatic year in vivid detail, taking readers inside the dugout, the clubhouse, the front office, and ultimately the championship parade. Yet he does something more than provide a riveting retelling of the season: he makes the case that while there is indisputable value to Moneyball-style metrics, baseball isn’t just a numbers game. Intangibles like team chemistry, veteran experience, and childlike joy are equally essential to winning. Certainly, no team seemed to have more fun than the Nationals, who adopted the kids’ song “Baby Shark” as their anthem and regularly broke into dugout dance parties. Buzz Saw is just as lively and rollicking—a fitting tribute to one of the most exciting, inspiring teams to ever take the field.
Book Synopsis The Washington Senators by : Shirley Povich
Download or read book The Washington Senators written by Shirley Povich and published by Writing Sports. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the American League's eight charter franchises, the club was founded in Washington, DC, in 1901 as the Washington Senators. In 1905 the team changed its name to the Washington Nationals. But, fans and newspapers persisted in using the 'Senators' nickname. This title tells the story of this baseball team.
Book Synopsis The Washington Senators, 1901-1971 by : Tom Deveaux
Download or read book The Washington Senators, 1901-1971 written by Tom Deveaux and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2003-12-31 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Washington Senators have a special place in baseball history as one of the most unsuccessful teams ever to play the game. The Nats (as headline writers had dubbed them by midcentury) got their start in 1901 thanks to Byron Bancroft "Ban" Johnson and endured 71 up-and-down seasons in the American League, which was created at the same time as the Washington ballclub. This huge work exhaustively chronicles the capricious history of the Washington Senators from the beginning to the end in 1971, with detailed information on the management and players who kept the organization going in good and bad times. Insights on how the team fit into the American League as well as statistics covering the team's records throughout its existence and the lifetime records of all members of the Baseball Hall of Fame who played with the Washington Senators are also provided.
Book Synopsis Ted Williams and the 1969 Washington Senators by : Ted Leavengood
Download or read book Ted Williams and the 1969 Washington Senators written by Ted Leavengood and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-11-26 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Heading into their ninth season, the expansion Washington Senators had never won more than 76 games in a season. New Senators owner Bob Short hired Hall of Famer Ted Williams to manage the team. Williams sparked the Senators to their only winning record for a Washington team since 1952. This book recounts that 1969 season in-depth.
Book Synopsis Baseball In Washington, D.c. by : Frank Ceresi
Download or read book Baseball In Washington, D.c. written by Frank Ceresi and published by . This book was released on 2004-04-02 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Baseball has been enjoyed in our nation1s capital for a century and a half. Just 13 years after baseball1s rules were codified, the Washington National Baseball Club formed and in 1867 toured the country. By 1901 the team became one of the first 8 major league teams in the newly formed American league. In 1924 the Senators took part in what many consider to be the most exciting World Series in baseball history. Later, the Homestead Grays played at Griffith Stadium. The Grays, during a 10-year span, won 9 Negro League World Championships. When the Grays disbanded, the original Senators left for Minnesota in 1960, and the expansion Senators of the 1960s relocated, the city was left without a professional baseball team. 100+ historic photos.
Book Synopsis Washington Nationals by : Michael E. Goodman
Download or read book Washington Nationals written by Michael E. Goodman and published by Creative Paperbacks. This book was released on 2020-08-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn about the history of the Washington Nationals baseball team.
Book Synopsis Washington Nationals, The by : Mark Stewart
Download or read book Washington Nationals, The written by Mark Stewart and published by Norwood House Press. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A revised Team Spirit Baseball edition featuring the Washington Nationals that chronicles the history and accomplishments of the team. Includes access to the Team Spirit website which provides additional information and photos.
Book Synopsis Baseball in Washington, by : Frank Ceresi
Download or read book Baseball in Washington, written by Frank Ceresi and published by Arcadia Library Editions. This book was released on 2002-04 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dubbed "America's Game" by Walt Whitman, baseball has been enjoyed in our nation's capital by everyone from young boys playing street stickball to Presidents throwing out the inaugural first pitch of the season. Just 13 years after Alexander Cartwright codified baseball's rules, the Washington Nationals Baseball Club formed and in 1867 toured the country spreading the "baseball gospel." By 1901 the team became one of the first eight major league teams in the newly formed American League. Players such as Walter Johnson, probably the greatest pitcher of all time, and other Senators under the stewardship of owner Clark Griffith successfully led the club in 1924 to what many consider to be the most exciting World Series in baseball history. Later, the Homestead Grays played at Griffith Stadium and fielded a team featuring legendary Negro League greats such as Josh Gibson and Buck Leonard. The powerhouse Grays, during a ten-year span, won nine Negro League World Championships, a record that may never be equaled in any team sport again. When the Grays disbanded, the original Senators left for Minnesota in 1960, and the expansion Senators of the 1960s relocated, the city was left without a professional baseball team. While many feared that baseball in D.C. was over, a spirit remained on the diamond and is still felt today as children and adults team up in one way or another to play the national pastime in the nation's capital. Hopes for a new professional team linger, and those remembering baseball's heyday will enjoy this extensive and unusual collection ofhistoric photos that celebrate a time when the crowds roared and Washingtonians believed that the summer game would never end.
Book Synopsis The Washington Senators by : Shirley Povich
Download or read book The Washington Senators written by Shirley Povich and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Whole New Ballgame by : Stephen J Walker
Download or read book A Whole New Ballgame written by Stephen J Walker and published by Pocol Press. This book was released on 2019-04-14 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite a long and uneven history, Major League Baseball's Washington franchises have hardly been the stuff of legend. However, in 1969, when new owner Bob Short coaxed batting legend and rookie manager Ted Williams out of retirement, these annual no-names climbed out of the depths and straight into the hearts of Washington baseball fans starving for a winner. Led by The Capital Punisher Frank Howard, whose tape-measure home runs sometimes seemed like optical illusions, the Senators simply won ball games with a determination rarely seen in D.C. environs. A Whole New Ballgame showcases the 1969 Senators' magical season, complete with updated player bios, new photographs, stats, game action, and stories. Foreword by Dick Bosman.
Download or read book Baseball written by Joi Washington and published by American Reading Company. This book was released on 2010-10-01 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using a repeating sentence pattern and action-packed photographs for support of new readers, these books introduce students to all the equipment needed to play each sport.
Download or read book The Grind written by Barry Svrluga and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "What's it like to live through sports' longest season, the 162-game Major League Baseball schedule? THE GRIND captures the frustration, impermanence, and glory felt by the players, the staff, and their families from the start of spring training to the final game of the year; classy baseball writing in the Roger Angell or Tom Boswell tradition"--
Book Synopsis The Story of the Washington Nationals by : Michael E. Goodman
Download or read book The Story of the Washington Nationals written by Michael E. Goodman and published by Creative Paperbacks. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of the Washington Nationals professional baseball team from its inaugural 1969 season as the Montreal Expos to today, spotlighting the team's greatest players and most memorable moments.
Book Synopsis Why Baseball Matters by : Susan Jacoby
Download or read book Why Baseball Matters written by Susan Jacoby and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2018-03-20 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Baseball, first dubbed the “national pastime” in print in 1856, is the country’s most tradition-bound sport. Despite remaining popular and profitable into the twenty-first century, the game is losing young fans, among African Americans and women as well as white men. Furthermore, baseball’s greatest charm—a clockless suspension of time—is also its greatest liability in a culture of digital distraction. These paradoxes are explored by the historian and passionate baseball fan Susan Jacoby in a book that is both a love letter to the game and a tough-minded analysis of the current challenges to its special position—in reality and myth—in American culture. The concise but wide-ranging analysis moves from the Civil War—when many soldiers played ball in northern and southern prisoner-of-war camps—to interviews with top baseball officials and young men who prefer playing online “fantasy baseball” to attending real games. Revisiting her youthful days of watching televised baseball in her grandfather’s bar, the author links her love of the game with the informal education she received in everything from baseball’s history of racial segregation to pitch location. Jacoby argues forcefully that the major challenge to baseball today is a shortened attention span at odds with a long game in which great hitters fail two out of three times. Without sanitizing this basic problem, Why Baseball Matters remind us that the game has retained its grip on our hearts precisely because it has repeatedly demonstrated the ability to reinvent itself in times of immense social change.
