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36 Years Ago Today-Sep. 30, 1971   Message List  
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Re: 36 Years Ago Today-Sep. 30, 1971

yea he still stinks and may i add? so do the texas rangers! still
no world
series.


--- In thewashingtonsenators@yahoogroups.com, "Art Audley"
<Aa3rt@...> wrote:
>
> I'm sure that most of you Senators faithful don't need (or want)
the
> reminder, but it was 36 years ago today that the Senators played
> their last game at RFK-forfeiting to the Yankees 9-0 (after what
was
> almost assuredly a 7-5 Senators win) when some of the 14,460 paid
> attendees stormed the field halting play.
>
> Joe Grzenda was the pitcher on the mound with Horace Clarke the
next
> (possibly last) scheduled batter.
>
> The 1971 Senators would finish with a record of 63-96 and a total
> attendance of 655,156. Resuming play in Texas in 1972 as the
Rangers,
> they would finish with a record of 54-100 and a total attendance of
> 662,974-an increase of only 7,818.
>
> Ted Williams would end his managerial career after the 1972 season.
> It wouldn't be until 1974 before the Rangers would draw over 1
> million fans.
>
> PS-Short STILL Stinks!
>
> Art Audley
> La Plata, MD
>





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I'm sure that most of you Senators faithful don't need (or want) the reminder, but it was 36 years ago today that the Senators played their last game at...
Art Audley
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Oct 1, 2007
2:36 am

yea he still stinks and may i add? so do the texas rangers! still no world series. ... the ... was ... next ... Rangers,...
tirko6969
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Oct 2, 2007
2:34 am

How many of the folks in this group were able to go to the last game on 9/23 ?? What memories did you take away from the game ?? I had the opportunity to get 3...
bill gero
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Oct 3, 2007
2:12 am

Short definitely "stinks." But at least Short thought about keeping the Sens in DC for a nanosecond. The all-time worst owner had to be Charlie Finley, who ...
thigisni
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Oct 4, 2007
3:07 am

I was 9 years old and at that last game in 1971. AFter the game was called I ran on the field and there is a picture of me watching people pull up home plate....
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kevin122261
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Oct 4, 2007
4:11 pm

Not really. Sh*t had a pre-arranged deal with the Dallas-Fort Worth people to buy a club and move it there. From day one, that was his intention. As a former...
Tim and Suzanne
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Oct 4, 2007
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... Worth people to buy a club and move it there. From day one, that was his intention. As a former Senators pitcher told me, "We should have known what was...
Art Audley
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Oct 9, 2007
12:20 am

Ironically enough! Tim...
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