Walters: Imagine world with playoffs... it ain't pretty Nov 15, 2008
The Gators were the higher seed, but a previously scheduled Rascal Flatts concert at Ben Hill Griffith Stadium could not be moved. The change in venue, as well as the 19-degree weather, appeared to adversely affect the Gators. (MSNBC -- Sports)
Gold Glove shotstop 'Steady Eddie' Brinkman dies Oct 4, 2008
He started out 0-for-9 before singling in the next-to-last game at Griffith Stadium. He shifted to shortstop in 1962 when the Senators moved to D.C. Stadium, later renamed RFK Stadium. (ESPN -- Baseball)
Feeling sympathy for Spurrier DISCUSS Sep 11, 2008
I m not sure if those two swelled heads could fit on the same sideline in Ben Hill Griffith Stadium without some major stadium reconstruction. By tim Rupert. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Bright night for Bergan, Knights Aug 29, 2008
Even some Loy Norrix fans were on a dead sprint down the track at Griffith Stadium, trying to keep pace with their man. It looked like panic, like a group of people running from something really ugly and scary. (Kalamazoo Gazette, MI)
Chuck Stobbs; Senators pitcher threw famous Mantle home run Jul 25, 2008
On April 17, 1953, in his very first game with the Senators, he gave up a titanic blast to Mickey Mantle of the New York Yankees that soared out of Griffith Stadium and into baseball lore as the longest home run ever hit ... He paced off the distance from the outer wall of Griffith Stadium at 105 feet ... Several writers have questioned the accuracy of the distance, but they were not among the 4,206 spectators at Griffith Stadium that day. (Boston Globe)
Ausmus, Hamilton add park to resume Jul 14, 2008
Hamilton previously broadcasted in D.C. from RFK Stadium, and before that, Griffith Stadium. Ausmus credited his high number to playing in an era of unprecedented ballpark construction. (MLB.com -- Houston Astros)
Cindy McCain attends IndyCar race in Nashville Jul 13, 2008
For half a century, the U.S. president opened each season at Griffith Stadium by throwing out the ceremonial first pitch. COMPILED BY P.K. DANIEL FROM NEWS SERVICES. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Sports)
Red Caps' throwbacks stir fond memories for Hair Jul 1, 2008
Still, he got to play in historic major-league parks such as Yankee Stadium, Griffith Stadium (Washington), Briggs Stadium (Detroit) and Connie Mack Stadium (Philadelphia), where he hit a mammoth home run to the left-field upper deck. While Hair never made The Show, his baseball journey was as fascinating as those of players who did. (Florida Times-Union)
Rangers revisit Washington, DC roots Jun 20, 2008
He had a deeply personal stake in the matter, having grown up in Washington D.C., and having worked as a scoreboard operator at Griffith Stadium for the original Senators. But the Washington Senators II were doomed from the start, having been hastily thrown together after the original Senators had packed up themselves and moved to Minnesota. (MLB.com -- Texas Rangers)
Burriss anxious to be on home turf Jun 5, 2008
Burriss' father, Allen, spent his youth one block from Griffith Stadium, which housed Washington's original ballclub, the Senators. Allen Burriss took the short walk many times to watch the Senators play. (MLB.com -- San Francisco Giants)
Quatraro is Manager in Columbus, Holland is General Manager In Myrtle Beach May 27, 2008
The fields are designed after historic ballparks from baseball history, such as the Polo Grounds and Griffith Stadium. Each baseball field features the popular synthetic playing surface, FieldTurf, used by many professional and collegiate teams worldwide. (Odusports.com)
Bush on hand to help Nats open new stadium Mar 30, 2008
The 1961 Senators played as tenants of the old owner at Griffith Stadium. Charlie Brotman, the longtime public address announcer for the Senators, handled the logistics of Kennedys opening-day toss. (MSNBC -- Sports)
Can D.C. Stadium Reunite Blacks, Baseball? Mar 28, 2008
Though based in Pennsylvania, the Grays played, and won, many of their games in Griffith Stadium - the Senators' ballpark. Slugger Josh Gibson (dubbed "the black Babe Ruth") led the team to nine straight league championships. (CBS News)
Walton a football cornerstone at RMU Dec 18, 2007
That dream started to take shape when Walton was a young boy sitting on the bench at Griffith Stadium watching his dad, Frank "Tiger" Walton, play on the offensive and defensive lines for the Washington Redskins in the 1940s. The elder Walton later was the head coach at North Allegheny High School in the '60s and an assistant at Geneva College. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
Pearl Harbor remains fresh in people's minds Dec 8, 2007
Ed Beck Sr., 80, of Providence Place, Chambersburg, and formerly of Waynesboro was 14 on Dec. 7, 1941, when he, his parents and three friends went to see the Redskins play football at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C. That particular day it was just like any other Sunday game, until the announcer started paging individuals over the public address system. They started out calling the names of generals, then colonels, and majors and had gotten all the way to sergeants by the end of the game. (Waynesboro Record Herald, PA)
Bakersfield tops Clovis West Dec 2, 2007
-- rallied Bakersfield High for 13 points in the final 9 minutes and a 19-16 victory over Clovis West for the Central Section Division I championship Friday night at Griffith Stadium. "I'm doubted every day: 'You can't do it, you're too short, too slow.' So I just prove them wrong," said Mitchell, whose 44-yard field goal decided it with 25 seconds left. (Fresno Bee -- Sports)
Recap reveals much to smile about for Clovis West football Dec 2, 2007
History has recorded a lot of football at Bakersfield High's 84-year-old Griffith Stadium. And the Drillers' 19-16 comeback victory over Clovis West on Friday for the Central Section Division I championship won't be forgotten. (Fresno Bee -- Sports)
Central Section Championships Primer Nov 29, 2007
CW will win no track meet Friday night at Griffith Stadium. The Eagles' chance is to duplicate what occurred in the semifinals against Edison -- control the tempo behind running back Matt Jelmini, benefit from a few Beau Sweeney runs and passes, play defense and hold on for dear life. (Fresno Bee -- Sports)
Drillers rough up Clovis East Nov 17, 2007
BAKERSFIELD -- Clovis East High arrived crippled at Griffith Stadium and left in worse condition. Momentum-turning penalties, which Fresno-area teams have come to expect when playing in Kern County, were crucial once again. (Fresno Bee -- Sports)
Beckham sets up goal in Galaxy exhibition Nov 12, 2007
Still, it was more people than the Thunder had ever played in front of in James Griffith stadium -- their usual home -- which holds around 6,000 people. "There's not too many times in your life that you get to step on the field with a world class player," Thunder defenseman Kevin Friedland said. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- Soccer)
Fantasy: What if ... Nov 9, 2007
You could put him in Washington's old Griffith Stadium, considered one of the worst home-run ballparks in history, and he'd still hit 40 homers. Any increase in ballpark favorability would be negated by a drop in lineup support. (ESPN -- Baseball)
Lions try to end their D.C. futility Oct 7, 2007
"The string of futility is 0-20, including three playoff games. It includes five games at Griffith Stadium, 13 at RFK Stadium and two at FedEx Field.That's not to say the Lions franchise has been completely fruitless against the Redskins on the road. In fact, the team won twice -- in Boston. The Portsmouth Spartans, two years before moving to Detroit, beat the Boston Redskins 10-0 in 1932. They returned as the Detroit Lions and won 17-7 in 1935, two years before the Redskins moved to... (News & Observer -- Sports)
ROAD TRIP: What to see at Florida Sep 21, 2007
There's no place in Gainesville that sends chills down your spine more than Ben Hill Griffith Stadium (a. k.a. -- The Swamp). (SportsIllustrated.CNN)
There's no place like road for Giles Aug 19, 2007
-- The record for most homers on the road and none at home is 17 by Hall of Famer Goose Goslin in 1926, whose home park was Washington's Griffith Stadium. No wonder the left-handed hitting Goslin didn't hit many homers there: The right-field fence at Griffith Stadium was 30 feet high and the left-field fence was 400 feet away. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
Bonds' 756th conjures up Yankees memories Aug 8, 2007
He would later hit a 565-foot blast at Griffith Stadium in Washington off Chuck Stobbs. Roger Maris, 1961: Maris connected for his record-setting 61st home run off Red Sox pitcher Tracy Stallard in the season's final game. (MLB.com -- NY Yankees Yankees)
Cards, Nationals honor Negro Leagues Aug 4, 2007
The Homestead Grays began in Pittsburgh but split their home games between Pittsburgh and Washington in the late 1930s and '40s, playing in Washington's Griffith Stadium. Hall of Famer Josh Gibson played for the team during that time, and will be memorialized with a statue outside the Nationals' new ballpark. (MLB.com -- St. Louis Cardinals)
Touch 'Em All: The Best Homers Ever Jul 21, 2007
" 34 Beats "6-4-3 Double Play" Baker The 1911 World Series turned on a pair of dingers by Philadelphia Athletics third baseman John Franklin Baker, who media dubbed "Home Run" Baker, which stuck the rest of his life. 33 Go crazy, George! Go crazy! Go crazy! Ah, the foam on George Brett's mouth on July 24, 1983, when his go-ahead home run off the Yankees was ruled an out due to excessive pine tar on his bat, back when substances were mostly outside the body. 32 The Birth Of The Tape Measure On... (Tampa Bay Online, FL -- Sports)
Oh, those lovable, stinky Devil Rays Jul 15, 2007
-- Only one AL batter (Grady Sizemore) struck out, marking the lowest strikeout total by one team since the 1937 game at Griffith Stadium in Washington D.C., when the NL squad didn't strike out at all. Or, put another way, the AL pitchers in '37 -- Lefty Gomez, Tommy Bridges and Mel Harder -- failed to record a strikeout. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
Recalling banner days for the all-time Bay Area All-Stars Jul 9, 2007
1937, at Griffith Stadium, D.C.: Gomez starts and goes three shutout innings for his third win, a record that still stands. 1938, at Crosley Field, Cincinnati: Playing in his home park, the Reds' Ernie Lombardi singles home Mel Ott for what proves to be the winning run. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
Gibson at center of 1937 power shift Jul 1, 2007
Posey arranged for the team to play some of its games at the Washington Senators' Griffith Stadium. Clark Griffith, the Senators owner, approached Gibson and Leonard about breaking the color barrier several years before Jackie Robinson. (MLB.com -- Kansas City Royals)
Washingon, D.C., hotel shows Josh Gibson exhibit Jun 24, 2007
Josh Gibson waits to bat in Washington's Griffith Stadium ... But Washington, D.C., claims him, too, since his Homestead Grays also played often in that city's Griffith Stadium. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
Giving the past a future Jun 7, 2007
Before the Nationals arrived in 2005, there was a push to call the team the Grays in honor of the club that once played at Washington's Griffith Stadium. Former Mayor Anthony Williams, who led the drive to return baseball to the city, wanted "Grays." So did Gibson, president of a Pittsburgh-area foundation named for his great-grandfather that provides education and mentoring to youths. (Sunspot.net -- Sports)
Bucs notes: Gibson exhibit unveiled Jun 7, 2007
The Grays were Pittsburgh's team, but in the 1940s played some of their home games at Griffith Stadium in Washington D.C., becoming the city's adopted team. The exhibit features pictures of Gibson from his playing days, as well as several items of memorabilia. (MLB.com -- Pittsburgh Pirates)
For Gibson, a belated tribute (Dick Heller) Jun 7, 2007
The Grays split their home games between Pittsburgh and Washington (winning nine consecutive Negro National League pennants between 1937 and 1945), and one story claims Gibson slugged a ball out of sight one day at Forbes Field only to have it descend the following afternoon at Griffith Stadium. Yeah, right. (Washington Times, DC)
McNeal: Masters of the longball sound off on hitting HRs May 25, 2007
Killebrew: I was 18 years old, playing in old Griffith Stadium in Washington (June 24, 1955). Billy Hoeft was pitching, and Frank House was catching. (MSNBC -- Sports)
Black players rare six decades later Apr 16, 2007
(In 1946, they had two East-West Games, one of which was held here at Griffith Stadium ... In 1943, led by the great Josh Gibson, the Grays reportedly drew nearly 230,000 fans to Griffith Stadium for 26 home dates. (Washington Times, DC)
At RFK, not like old times (Dick Heller) Apr 3, 2007
Where was Goldman's Band, the otherwise anonymous blowers and bangers who showed up each April at Griffith Stadium in bygone days. Where were the 10-cent programs, 25-cent Cokes and 50-cent Briggs Pigs. (Washington Times, DC)
Kuhn and Finley were baseball's odd ... (Dick Heller) Mar 26, 2007
Kuhn, a native of Takoma Park who operated the manual scoreboard at Washington's Griffith Stadium as a young man, was one of those people whose appearance and demeanor suggested -- rightly or wrongly -- that he was aloof and autocratic. When he died March 16 of pneumonia in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. (Washington Times, DC)
He led 'groundwork for success' Mar 17, 2007
Kuhn loved baseball long before he moved into its main New York office, having worked as a manual scoreboard operator at Washington s Griffith Stadium. When Kuhn took over from William Eckert on Feb. 4, 1969, baseball just had completed its final season as a tradition-bound 20-team sport, one with no playoffs, a reserve clause and an average salary of about 19,000. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Former baseball commissioner dies Mar 17, 2007
Kuhn loved baseball long before he moved into its main New York office, having worked as a manual scoreboard operator at Washington's Griffith Stadium. When Kuhn took over from William Eckert on Feb. 4, 1969, baseball just had completed its final season as a tradition-bound 20-team sport, one with no playoffs, a reserve clause and an average salary of about 19,000. (Waynesboro Record Herald, PA)
Carroll legends taught more than just sports (Dick Heller) Mar 6, 2007
The 1960 Lions, the very first Collins squad, went 10-0 and smacked down Eastern High in the City Championship football game at Griffith Stadium. And that was just for openers. (Washington Times, DC)
Back to bare knuckles (Suzanne Fields) Mar 1, 2007
My father promoted prize fights -- he matched Joe Louis against Max Baer for the championship in Washington's old Griffith Stadium in 1941 -- and Mom sat perched at ringside center. He checked with her after each round to learn who she gave the round to, and she had an unerring eye for punch and counterpunch. (Washington Times, DC)
Nationals prepare final farewell for RFK (Thom Loverro) Feb 24, 2007
But there remains here a devoted core of Washington baseball fans who are passionate about the history of the Senators, because for those fans, all they had was the history and memories of going to games at RFK and Griffith Stadium before that. They hung on to those memories because there were no new ones to replace them. (Washington Times, DC)
Old friendship, faith, but tickets above all (Dick Heller) Feb 23, 2007
These folks are baseball fanatics, the kind who love to share sacred memories of the days when the old Senators cavorted, sort of, at Griffith Stadium and RFK. Senior citizens among them are delighted to have outlived the nation capital's inexcusable 33-season rounders drought. Others are happy simply to stick it to Peter Angelos, the blasted barrister who has destroyed baseball in Baltimore and tried his darndest to do so in Washington. (Washington Times, DC)
The Time of the Yankees Feb 15, 2007
Griffith Stadium was where the Yanks came to play. On opening day 1956, Mantle drove two over the centerfield fence. (Human Events Online)
FDR gave baseball 'Green Light' to ... (Dick Heller) Jan 15, 2007
Less than a month after V-J Day, however, successor Harry Truman did the most American thing imaginable: He went to a ballgame at Washington's Griffith Stadium. . (Washington Times, DC)
