Damn Senators: My Grandfather and the Story of Washingtons Only World Series Championship

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Tells the dramatic story of how Washington managed to beat Babe Ruth and the Yankees, perennial champions of the American League, and then triumphed over the heavily favoured New York Giants in what sports writers consider one of the most dramatic World Series in baseball history. In recreating this championship season, the author interweaves the story of Judge, son of an Irish immigrant who became a baseball legend not only for his steady play (he would eventually be inducted into RFK Stadium's Hall of Stars) but also because of what came after his retirement. In his later years, Judge was befriended by writer Douglas Wallop who made him the prototype for Joe Hardy, the lead character in his novel 'The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant', later fabulously successful as a stage play and movie under the title 'Damn Yankees'. Recalling 'The Boys of Summer' and other classics, 'Damn Senators' is filled with unforgettable portraits of baseball legends like the wily Griffith; the noble 'Big Train' Johnson; Ty Cobb, the meanest player of the day; Al Schacht, 'The Clown Prince of Baseball' whose comedy act played between innings; the Giants' 'Little Napoleon', John McGraw, and of course, the larger than life Babe Ruth. Mark Judge returns us to a golden past. But with a new baseball franchise rumoured to be on its way back to the nation's capitol, he may be taking us back to the future as well.

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"A satisfying memoir of the author's grandfather, long-ago Washington Senators first baseman Joe Judge."