Fabulous images that make me wish I were there. Dick Bosman on Pitching. Having experienced similar discoveries many times, I can say other than childbirth, there is nothing quite so exciting. The oldest film was from 1919 and the newest from 1926. teams and owners that jilted the town twice, that Joe Cronin was just 26 in 1933, hitting .309/.398/.445, a 125 OPS+ while manning shortstop for the Senators. Thanks, Alyson! What a glorious moment for so many on that day. The Leathernecks are fully turning over the program to the highest-rated recruiting class in school history. Any ideas? What made 1933 memorable was the excruciating way the Senators lost the series. Also saw a great hook slide into third base. The Library of Congress does not control the content posted. Please read our Jones will fare better, going 17-7 in 1928, and would play 4 years with the Senators. That suggests that the out recorded was the third out of the inning and so the run wouldn’t count. Some whipersnapers don’t change, regardless when they play the game! responsible for everything that you post. Wow! Wow, wow and WOW! We’ll have a parallel with 2019 no matter the outcome. This blog is governed by the general rules of respectful civil discourse. Nevertheless, Wonderful footage to see. Very interesting history ! In the 1950s, my Dad took me to a game at Griffith Stadium, where he continued his love of baseball and the Senators. 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The confidence was strong in another Washington opponent 86 years ago, and with good reason. the Library of Congress may monitor any user-generated content as it chooses and reserves the right to unless clearly stated otherwise. You are fully We have still photos of that hit and run. It’s so apropos to the upcoming battle of the Nationals and Giants. What a glorious and truly weirdly timely find! Thanks to all who had a hand in saving this. But in 1933, the coaches were, in fact, on the field. Traded to the Washington Senators for minor leaguer Ron Honeycutt and cash, Leppert would have his most active season with Washington in 1963, playing in 73 games, hitting .237 with 11 doubles and 6 home runs and would be selected to the 1963 All Star Team. Click this ad to view and order our portraits. Baseball History Outlet for Books and Videos, Washington Nationals (2005-2017) All-Time Hitting Records, Washington Senators (Expansion Team 1961-1971) All-Time Hitting Records, D.C. Great footage, and wonderful music! Now, nitrate film is flammable, creates its own oxygen when it burns, and we have 124 individual vaults at the Packard Campus, each at 39° F / 30% RH, to store the nearly 140 million feet of nitrate we have in our collection. I wanted to compliment the original piano score also, though wondered if the styling of his composition was created with some background information about these kind of musical accompaniments or was it entirely his own approach. Ninety years on, you can feel the electric joy of the crowd surging on to the Griffith Stadium field. Courtesy of Lynanne Schweighofer. It’s now 95 years later… could we see the Nationals bring home the World Series trophy to our nation’s capital? For the first time in 86 years, the World Series is in Washington D.C., thanks to the Nationals’ resurgence from playoff doldrums to October darlings. Thank god in 1924 there were no cameras called green(sp) and no drives called hard! The Game Comes Home Web Series – D.C. Thank you. The house had been sold a couple of times over the years; we expect the first owners placed the film in the garage, although we have no idea why. Highly descriptive article, I enjoyed that a lot. About | Press | Jobs | Donate The 1925 World Series was the championship series of the 1925 Major League Baseball season.A best-of-seven playoff, it was played between the National League (NL) pennant winner Pittsburgh Pirates and the Washington Senators.The Pirates defeated the Senators four games to three to win the series. An extraordinary find. I can’t believe this – what a great piece of Washington baseball history to view on another great day for the game in D. C. Let’s hope there are more lucky finds in attics! Only men wearing dark suits attended the game. a different day for certain – male fans all wearing coats and ties and top hats . Delahanty will lead the AL in hitting in 1902 with a .376 average, while Orth wins 19 games. and Walter Johnson himself would answer the door. We further reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to remove a user's Thank you for all your efforts. Gaston would post a ghastly 5.51 ERA in one season in Washington before being shipped to Boston as part of the package to reacquire Buddy Myer. Read our You have ended my 4 day long hunt! Bill Terry was the first baseman for the Giants, hitting .322/.375/.423 with a 128 OPS+ in his age-34 season. Lessons from the life of a major league ballplayer and pitching coach. The phrase “coach on the field” gets uses every now and then to describe how a veteran player might exert his influence on a game, using their accumulated wisdom as a sort of extension of the actual coaching staff. She confirmed the film as nitrate and arranged with a certified hazmat shipper at the HFA to send the batch to Culpeper. Hubbell and 22-year-old Hal Schumaker combined for a 1.89 ERA in 567 innings, and were rightfully touted by their manager as weapons to, “Let ‘em talk. Really great footage of a different world. So cool to find this film!! In 1933, the Washington Senators lost to the New York Giants in the World Series. Both Terry and Cronin were elected to the Hall of Fame as players. I don’t care how ya vote — this is great stuff! McNeely would conclude his career in 1931 as a reserve and Coffman would not blossom until being traded to the Giants in 1936 and finding his niche in the bullpen. A couple of notes to add: The clip following the announcement that Mogridge was pitching for the Nats, is followed by what appears to be the Giants starting pitcher again, in my view, based on color of uniform and his motion. Great stuff. Thank you LOC for publishing this. 8, 2008, Acquired by the Senators in 1955, Ossie Alvarez, another member of the much noted “Cuban Connection,” debuted with the Senators in mid-April of 1958. This was the first year with the modern World Series 2-3-2 format, and the Giants won the first two contests at the Polo Grounds in New York. I wasn’t expecting the images to have such a fine quality. It’s the only time a DC baseball team has won the World Series…at least until this year, we hope. Picked up by the Pittsburgh Pirates after the 1960 season, Leppert would make his major league debut in mid-June of 1961. Roy Sievers: "The Sweetest Right Handed Swing" in 1950s Baseball. 90 years later and these idiots are STILL diving headfirst into 1st Base. Thank you. The Washington Senators last missed the playoffs in 1971. Many of the reels were printed on Bay State nitrate stock. I believe Walter Johnson was using the crossfire. The Senators made three World Series in Washington D.C., winning in 1924, and losing in 1925 and 1933. This was his first full season as Giants manager, a gig he held for 10 years while winning three pennants and a World Series. DC baseball fans http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/WS1/WS1192410100.shtml. Required fields are indicated with an * asterisk. Let’s all think really hard about this…why are we even considering preserving moving images on anything other than film? Inspector General | Legal | Accessibility | External Link Disclaimer | USA.gov, National Audio-Visual Conservation Center.