Ted Williams and the 1969 Washington Senators

Ted Williams and the 1969 Washington Senators
Title Ted Williams and the 1969 Washington Senators PDF eBook
Author Ted Leavengood
Publisher McFarland
Pages 243
Release 2009-02-20
Genre Sports & Recreation
ISBN 0786441364

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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.

A Whole New Ballgame

A Whole New Ballgame
Title A Whole New Ballgame PDF eBook
Author Stephen J Walker
Publisher Pocol Press
Pages 244
Release 2019-04-14
Genre
ISBN 9781929763887

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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.

Ted Williams and the 1969 Washington Senators

Ted Williams and the 1969 Washington Senators
Title Ted Williams and the 1969 Washington Senators PDF eBook
Author Ted Leavengood
Publisher McFarland
Pages 243
Release 2014-11-26
Genre Sports & Recreation
ISBN 0786455195

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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.

My Turn at Bat

My Turn at Bat
Title My Turn at Bat PDF eBook
Author Ted Williams
Publisher Simon and Schuster
Pages 276
Release 1988-03-15
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 0671634232

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Ted Williams tells of his childhood, his military experience, and his baseball career.

Cecil Travis of the Washington Senators

Cecil Travis of the Washington Senators
Title Cecil Travis of the Washington Senators PDF eBook
Author Rob Kirkpatrick
Publisher McFarland
Pages 196
Release 2005-01-01
Genre Sports & Recreation
ISBN 0786421134

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"A biography of a baseball player whose path to stardom was cut short by war. Chapters cover his childhood years, high school and his professional career with the Chattanooga Lookouts, and the Washington Senators. Travis's time as a soldier is discussed,followed by chapters on postwar playing decline from 1945 to 1947 and his retirement from baseball"--Provided by publisher.

The Kid

The Kid
Title The Kid PDF eBook
Author Ben Bradlee Jr.
Publisher Little, Brown
Pages 804
Release 2013-12-03
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 0316084484

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From acclaimed journalist Ben Bradlee Jr. comes the epic biography of Boston Red Sox legend Ted Williams that baseball fans have been waiting for. Williams was the best hitter in baseball history. His batting average of .406 in 1941 has not been topped since, and no player who has hit more than 500 home runs has a higher career batting average. Those totals would have been even higher if Williams had not left baseball for nearly five years in the prime of his career to serve as a Marine pilot in WWII and Korea. He hit home runs farther than any player before him -- and traveled a long way himself, as Ben Bradlee, Jr.'s grand biography reveals. Born in 1918 in San Diego, Ted would spend most of his life disguising his Mexican heritage. During his 22 years with the Boston Red Sox, Williams electrified crowds across America -- and shocked them, too: His notorious clashes with the press and fans threatened his reputation. Yet while he was a God in the batter's box, he was profoundly human once he stepped away from the plate. His ferocity came to define his troubled domestic life. While baseball might have been straightforward for Ted Williams, life was not. The Kid is biography of the highest literary order, a thrilling and honest account of a legend in all his glory and human complexity. In his final at-bat, Williams hit a home run. Bradlee's marvelous book clears the fences, too.

You Gotta Have Heart

You Gotta Have Heart
Title You Gotta Have Heart PDF eBook
Author Frederic J. Frommer
Publisher Taylor Trade Publishing
Pages 281
Release 2013-06-21
Genre Sports & Recreation
ISBN 1589798449

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“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.