Sam Rice is in the House!
After Walter Johnson, the next two pillars added by Clark Griffith, as he built the back-to-back pennant winning Washington team of 1924-25, were Joe Judge and Sam Rice. Sam insisted on joining this shindig to remind us that he and Joe were teammates for 18 seasons in Washington, which was a record for the longest pairing of two teammates until surpassed by Detroit’s Alan Trammell and Lou Whitaker (1977-1995).
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