Leavengood On Baseball

September 28, 2012 | Ted Leavengood

Davey Johnson Making History With the 2012 Season

In January I posted a column on MASN asserting what I thought was a historical parallel between the current moment and its centenary in 1912. January marked the 100th anniversary of Clark Griffith’s first year as manager of the Washington Nationals. This season has been a truly remarkable one, but it can be appreciated fully only […]

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September 24, 2012 | Ted Leavengood

Ted Leavengood

The Sweet Madness of Pennant Race Baseball

It is difficult to imagine that two baseball games could have been as different as those played by Washington this weekend. As good as the Nationals were on Saturday, they were equally moribund on Sunday. On Saturday the Nationals won a 10-4 laugher in front of 40,000 fans who went home dancing on air. Ian […]

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September 20, 2012 | Ted Leavengood

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Let’s Play Two

It was a clear, crisp day for baseball with a high, blue sky above Nationals Park and not a cloud in the sky to spoil a perfect day to play two. There was only a smattering of fans for the first game of the double-header that began at 4:00 pm. But they were loud and […]

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