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  • SABR biographies of players and scouts in Washington baseball history

    In 2002, the Society for American Baseball Research launched a project that so far as produced more than 6,000 essay-length, well-researched and fact-checked, life stories of figures large and small who either played or influenced major league baseball. Two dozen of these biographies, several about significant figures in the history of both Senators’ franchises, are by… Read more

  • June 22, 2024: Nats lose on the first walk-off pitch-clock violation

    When he came in to try close a game on June 22, 2024, Nationals’ closer Kyle Finnegan’s eight pitch-clock violations for the season already were three more than any other pitcher. So it’s no surprise that this night in Colorado, he became the first ever in the pitch-clock era to surrender the winning run on… Read more

  • Satchel Paige and D.C.

    Leroy “Satchel” Paige arguably could be the greatest pitcher that ever was. As time passes and more of the accomplishments of his long career in the Negro Leagues are verified, it’s likely his case will grow stronger.  He played professionally from the late 1920s into the 1960s. Game accounts and box scores of his many… Read more

  • Soto’s official first game came five days before his real debut

    Juan Soto made his major league debut with the Nationals on May 20, 2018, but the official record for that season has him hitting a pinch-hit home run in a game listed as being played on May 15. How could that be? Easy enough: Because of rain, the May 15 game in Washington was suspended… Read more

  • 1924 World Series title belongs to D.C., not Minnesota

    On August 11, 2024, the Minnesota Twins commemorated the 1924 World Series victory of the Washington Senators. Why?  The casual fan may have forgotten that the Twins’ franchise began in D.C. in 1901 as the Washington Senators, an original member of the American League. Calvin Griffith, who inherited control of the team from his uncle,… Read more

  • Nationals equal an obscure stolen base record

    In consecutive games – April 7-8-9, 2024 — three different Nationals each stole three bases, matching a century-old record that never had been equaled in the A.L or N.L. by three different players on one team.  It was first achieved by the Indianapolis team in the short-lived Federal League in 1914. The Elias Sports Bureau… Read more