The Continuing Attempt To Educate A Montreal Fan About DC Baseball History...
From the book "Speaking of Baseball", edited by David Plaut...
From the section, "Baseball Geography: The American League"...
On the Washington Senators...
"For the Washington Senators, the worst time of year is the baseball season."
-Roger Kahn(b.1927),
Sportswriter.
"There is a federal law that forbids them to win."
-John Steinbeck(1902-1968),
Author
"Watching the Washington Senators, you forget the beauty of baseball. You forget the bare-handed grab, the elegant stretch at first, the choreography of a six-four-three double play. Watching the Washington Senators is like watching the human condition without the slapstick. It is an excercise in humility."
-Jane Leavy
"Squeeze Play", (1990)
"The Senators might have been one of baseball's most god-awful teams, a threadbare and lackluster group of has-beens, never-wases, and names that were not even household names in their own households."
-Bert Randolph Sugar
"Baseballistics" (1990)
"We cheer for the Senators, we pray for the Senators, and we hope that the Supreme Court doesn't declare them unconstitutional."
-Lyndon B. Johnson (1908-73)
36th President of the United States
*(ed. note -"...sorry for just typing...Happy Holidays)...*