Looking forward to going to the last game at RFK tomorrow. Overall, it has a been a great season of baseball, no matter the outcome for the Nationals in each...
Folks: I'm happy the ballpark got a last 3-year run, and I got to go back to it. It should have happened years ago. I'm sure many of us remember games there in...
It was a great game on Sunday. Although, I did not attend many games as a kid in the 60's, maybe 6 to 10 at the most, as I too, was a card carrying member of...
Andrew, very well said. My experiences were much like yours, except my days at the ball park were at Griffith Stadium and my hero for many years wore # 3 at...
It was sad to see the old yard go, but I am happy that I got to see MLB return there and there was some great times in the 240 odd games played at RFK. My...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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....
... 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...
I was 15 years old when the Senators began play in the 1969 season, turning 16 in July. In researching my previous post, I had to rely on James R. Hartley's...
Art, I did not ask who was at the last game in 1971, I was asking about the last game @ RFK on Sept. 23 of this year. I was only 10 when the Senators left town...
When I think of 1971 I remember going to see Vida Blue and the Oakland A's on opening day and how the NATS hammered them 8-0. Then going to see the A's and...
... From: Michael and Linda Marmer To: thewashingtonsenators@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 10:48 PM Subject: Re: [The Washington Senators]...
Hello, Senators faithful, I listened to the last game over Yankees radio -- I lived and still live in NYC, having gone off to college in 1966. Aside from...
I remember that Scooter was very upset that Washington had lost its team. Tim ... Hello, Senators faithful, I listened to the last game over Yankees radio -- I...
One of the very few times he rooted for the opponent. Isn't there a thought that the Yankees pitcher (Fritz Peterson?) grooved one for Hondo, and Hondo thanked...
I think that's true ... but wasn't it Mike Kekich who gave Hondo a room-service fastball?? Story goes that Hondo thanked Munson, and Munson told him, "You...
Hello all, and welcome to 2008. An acquaintence of mine down in St. Mary's County recently won a photograph of a Senators player on eBay. The photo was...
Folks, I don't know how many of you are familiar with Arcadia Publishing. They put out books of local or regional interest which usually consist of old post...
Hi Art, That's Greg Goosen,formerly of the Mets and the great Seattle pilots. He hit .305 with 10 homers with the Pilots in about 150 at bats. When the Nats...
Thanks for the inside scoop Art. That sounds like a book that I would be interested in purchasing. Like you, I remember the expansion Senators. Most of the...
I just finished reading a book about Curt Flood, "A Well Paid Slave" by Brad Snyder. This book came out in 2007. The book is mainly about his reasons to sue...
Casey Stengel once remarked, in his wonderful Stengelese, about the amazin' players he had with the fledgling (and amazin') NY Mets. "Got a nice young fella...
I remember seeing Curt Flood in the line up on opening day 1971. The Senators beat Vida Blue and the Oakland A's 8-0..... ... From: MICHAEL MARMER LINDA MARMER...
