Looking Back on Kevin Youkilis’ Career with the Boston Red Sox

June 25, 2012 by Andrew Martin · Leave a Comment

Baseball trades often leave fans feeling reflective; in the way one may have felt after having a good friend move away during grade school. Sunday’s announcement that the Red Sox had sent corner infielder Kevin Youkilis to the White Sox in a glorified roster purge to get full time at bats for rookie phenom Will […]

Filed under General · Tagged with Appearances Can Be Deceiving , Baseball Town , Baseball Trades , batting average , Boston Red Sox , First Impressions , Friend Move , Funny Name , Greek God , Kevin Youkilis , Lunch Pail , Manager Terry Francona , Michael Lewis , Moniker , Phenom , Propensity , Purge , Rare Exception , Sox Baseball , Town Of Boston

Washington Is a Baseball Town (Again)

June 8, 2010 by Ted Leavengood · 2 Comments

At the top of the seventh inning the crowd began the chant, “Let’s Go Stras-burg” to the same cadence that fans in DC have grown tired of listening to from Philly, Dodger, Red Sox and just about anywhere fans. Â But this chant was all DC and it grew and built. Â “Let’s Go Stras-burg” the entire […]

Filed under General , Top Stories · Tagged with 100 Years , 21st Century , Adam Laroche , Aggregation , Aj , American Pastime , Baseball Town , Batters , Bob Costas , Bryce , Bullpen , Cadence , Chant , Crowd , Debut , Dodger , Double Play , Dugout , Fastball , Fifth Inning , Garrett , Glimpse , Greatness , Griffith Stadium , Grounder , High Heat , Homer , Homers , Ington , Introductions , Ken Burns , Last Time , Lerner , Matter Of Time , Much Ado , Nationals , Pandemonium , Personages , Pitches , Professional Baseball , Real Deal , Recent History , Seventh Inning , Shortstop , Standing Ovation , Star Game , Strasburg , Wake Up Call , Walter Johnson , Washington Dc , Washington Nationals , Willingham , World Series

“Ted Williams and the 1969 Washington Senators, the Last Winning Season”

December 11, 2008 by Ted Leavengood · 3 Comments

The author’s second book, Ted Williams and the 1969 Washington Senators: The Last Winning Season, is scheduled to be released by McFarland Publishing on February 24, 2009.

Filed under Book Review · Tagged with Baseball History , Baseball Story , Baseball Town , Bowie Kuhn , Game Baseball , Gil Hodges , Low Ebb , Martin Luther King , Mcfarland , Mid Sixties , New Commissioner , Remarkable History , Remarkable Personalities , Richard Nixon , Strike Zone , ted williams , Upswing , Vietnam War , Walking On The Moon , Washington Senators