50 years ago today, the Washington Senators ...

[butchie_t]

While we are on the Senators subject here. Does anyone else have this? And do you know if Tom Holster came out with a second volume?

[Peter_Spaeth]

I went to a lot of games, with my Dad and once we were old enough to navigate the buses my friends (can't believe we were doing that at the age we did it, ah well, different time), and the best thing I can say is I got to see most of the great players in the AL like Mantle, Frank and Brooks, Killebrew, Kaline, a young Reggie, etc.

[Peter_Spaeth]

It was awful when they moved but we lived in the MD suburbs and it really wasn't that far to Memorial Stadium or too many years later we all had licenses, so it wasn't like we totally lost out on live baseball.

[butchie_t]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

It was awful when they moved but we lived in the MD suburbs and it really wasn't that far to Memorial Stadium or too many years later we all had licenses, so it wasn't like we totally lost out on live baseball.

I lived just outside of DC in Rockville. I could never get on the Orioles band wagon. It just did not seem right to me. Nothing was quite the same and I just did not have that connection to the team.

On the upside, the Senators never had another losing season after they left for texas. :-) I kept telling myself that over the years anyway.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by butchie_t

I lived just outside of DC in Rockville. I could never get on the Orioles band wagon. It just did not seem right to me. Nothing was quite the same and I just did not have that connection to the team.

On the upside, the Senators never had another losing season after they left for texas. :-) I kept telling myself that over the years anyway.

I never really bonded with the Birds either, I know just what you mean, but still, it was baseball.

[butchie_t]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

I never really bonded with the Birds either, I know just what you mean, but still, it was baseball.

At least I got to witness the Grand Slam of sports championships in my lifetime.

Bullets
Redskins
Capitals
Nationals

Sorry but I just do not follow the Mystics....

I really did not think the last two would ever happen. I am so happy to be wrong.

Now if I could only find a Bullets Championship pennant, I will have all 4 first win pennants. It is a hard thing to come by.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by butchie_t

At least I got to witness the Grand Slam of sports championships in my lifetime.

Bullets
Redskins
Capitals
Nationals

Sorry but I just do not follow the Mystics....

I really did not think the last two would ever happen. I am so happy to be wrong.

Now if I could only find a Bullets Championship pennant, I will have all 4 first win pennants. It is a hard thing to come by.

Does Bullets Fever still happen to you every year?

The Hayes Unseld teams really were fun.

[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

I never really bonded with the Birds either, I know just what you mean, but still, it was baseball.

Yep. I got to like the O's in the late 70s and early 80s, went to many games, rooted for them, loved listening to Chuck Thompson and John Miller, two of the best to ever do a game. But I was a D.C. kid, that was my city, and Baltimore was not. I'm sure a lot of suburban Maryland kids, especially the younger ones, made the transition almost seamlessly, but I had too much water under the bridge with my Nats at that point.

[ValKehl]

Originally Posted by butchie_t

While we are on the Senators subject here. Does anyone else have this? And do you know if Tom Holster came out with a second volume?

Butch, I have a copy of this Washington Senators Checklist Book. I'm not aware that a 2nd volume was ever produced. If I remember correctly (I often don't), Tom Holster also produced a Senators newsletter for a short while - I think I have a couple issues of them in a box somewhere. I wonder whatever happened to Tom.

I, too, prefer watching college basketball to the pro game, because college kids play at least some defense. However, much more enjoyable than watching Maryland Terps basketball is watching UVA Cavaliers basketball, especially since the arrival of Coach Tony Bennett - Go Wahoos!!

[butchie_t]

Originally Posted by ValKehl

Butch, I have a copy of this Washington Senators Checklist Book. I'm not aware that a 2nd volume was ever produced. If I remember correctly (I often don't), Tom Holster also produced a Senators newsletter for a short while - I think I have a couple issues of them in a box somewhere. I wonder whatever happened to Tom.

I, too, prefer watching college basketball to the pro game, because college kids play at least some defense. However, much more enjoyable than watching Maryland Terps basketball is watching UVA Cavaliers basketball, especially since the arrival of Coach Tony Bennett - Go Wahoos!!

UV who???? (I hated it when MD left the ACC, just ain't right.)

He did produce a newsletter but I missed out on them. I had his address at one time as I ordered the book from him. I believe it was advertised in SCD?? Memory is vague on that too. I have some of the boxes checked off in my copy.....but not many. I do have most all the team sets from 52 to 71 completed and variations. I even have the Safety sets from 70 and 71. Trying to find those variations is much harder.

Good to know I am not the only one. Cheers and thanks for getting back to me.

Fear the Turtle.

[JollyElm]

It's interesting listening to you fans talking about the cherished teams that are so foreign to all of us people who didn't live in those particular markets. The 'only' team I knew growing up was the Mets (with a slowly reached acceptance of the Yanks), and I thought the only fans who felt bitter disappointment were from my parents' generation when California ripped their hearts out by stealing their beloved teams.

[Peter_Spaeth]

I just remembered a quote by Hayes about Unseld, and I'll repeat it in the vernacular: Wes don't need no stats.

I guess it's fair to say that in general the 70s were the doldrums for NBA basketball and that Bird and Magic and then Jordan really revitalized it, but if you were a close fan of the game there were some great players in that era, and it was a pretty competitive league with a lot of different championship teams. And I just looked it up, 8 different winners during the decade.