Ted Williams and the 1969 Washington Senators: The Last Winning Season

Ted Williams and the 1969 Washington Senators: The Last Winning Season Review

Heading into their ninth season, the expansion Washington Senators had never won more than 76 games in a season. New Senators owner Bob Short hired Hall of Famer Ted Williams to manage the team. Williams sparked the Senators to their only winning record for a Washington team since 1952. This book recounts that 1969 season in-depth.

Play ball: Braves vs. Senators: can the metro market sustain two professional baseball teams?(comparative analysis between Mississippi Braves and ... An article from: Mississippi Business Journal

Play ball: Braves vs. Senators: can the metro market sustain two professional baseball teams?(comparative analysis between Mississippi Braves and ... An article from: Mississippi Business Journal Review

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Title: Play ball: Braves vs. Senators: can the metro market sustain two professional baseball teams?(comparative analysis between Mississippi Braves and Jackson Senators)
Author: Lynne Jeter
Publication:Mississippi Business Journal (Magazine/Journal)
Date: April 11, 2005
Publisher: Venture Publications
Volume: 27 Issue: 15 Page: A1(3)

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The Fraudulent Senator: A New Media Investigation into Hillary Clinton's 2000 Senatorial Campaign

The Fraudulent Senator: A New Media Investigation into Hillary Clinton's 2000 Senatorial Campaign Review

What you are about to read is essentially five independent examinations of Event 39, a star-studded gala created to not only as a thank you send-off for President Bill Clinton in the last days of his presidency but to also serve as a potent fundraiser for Hillary Clinton’s 2000 senatorial campaign. Each analysis was done independently and views the event from a different perspective, thus creating a 180 degree look at the facts. After reading the five independent analyses that comprise this book it will be abundantly clear that Event 39 was the catalyst and the vehicle for the single greatest instance of campaign finance fraud in the history of the United States.

The Senator and the Sharecropper: The Freedom Struggles of James O. Eastland and Fannie Lou Hamer

The Senator and the Sharecropper: The Freedom Struggles of James O. Eastland and Fannie Lou Hamer Review

In this fascinating study of race, politics, and economics in Mississippi, Chris Myers Asch tells the story of two extraordinary personalities--Fannie Lou Hamer and James O. Eastland--who represented deeply opposed sides of the civil rights movement. Both were from Sunflower County: Eastland was a wealthy white planter and one of the most powerful segregationists in the U.S. Senate, while Hamer, a sharecropper who grew up desperately poor just a few miles from the Eastland plantation, rose to become the spiritual leader of the Mississippi freedom struggle. Asch uses Hamer and Eastland's entwined histories, set against a backdrop of Sunflower County's rise and fall as a center of cotton agriculture, to explore the county's changing social landscape during the mid-twentieth century and its persistence today as a land separate and unequal. Asch, who spent nearly a decade in Mississippi as an educator, offers a fresh look at the South's troubled ties to the cotton industry, the long struggle for civil rights, and unrelenting social and economic injustice through the eyes of two of the era's most important and intriguing figures.

The Washington Senators (Writing Sports)

The Washington Senators (Writing Sports) Review

A facsimile edition of the celebrated 1954 history of the Senators

Shirley Povich's history of the Washington Senators originally appeared in 1954 as part of the popular series of major league team histories published by G. P. Putnam. With their colorful prose and delightful narratives, the Putnam books have been described as the Cadillac of the genre and have become prized collectibles for baseball readers and historians.

One of the American League's eight charter franchises, the club was founded in Washington, D.C., in 1901 as the Washington Senators. In 1905 the team changed its name to the Washington Nationals. However, fans and newspapers persisted in using the "Senators" nickname, and over time the use of "Nationals" faded and "Senators" reemerged as the team's official name.

In their first nine seasons the Senators finished last four times and didn't climb above sixth place until 1912. The major catalysts in their rise were the ascendance to greatness of Walter Johnson, who emerged in 1910 as the American League's best pitcher, and the hiring of Clark Griffith as manager in 1912. Griffith pioneered in the use of relief pitchers and in signing Caribbean talent. Although the team's new respectability faded, the 1924 hiring of twenty seven-year-old Bucky Harris as player-manager brought instant results, with a surprise World Series Championship in Harris's first season at the helm. The club repeated as AL champions in 1925 and its best season came in 1933, when it captured the AL title with a team record 99-53 mark. The Senators had only four more winning seasons over the next twenty six years.

Povich's unique insight as a Washington Post sportswriter led to thoughtful advice and comfort for the long-suffering Senators fans. Legends like Walter Johnson, Gabby Street, Bucky Harris, Roger Peckinpaugh, Sam Rice, Firpo Marberry, Joe Cronin, and Leon "Goose" Goslin fill these pages, and their colorful exploits are woven into the fabric of each season's story. Sure to be treasured by baseball lovers everywhere, The Washington Senators is another enjoyable addition to the Writing Sports Series.

The Senator and the Priest

The Senator and the Priest Review

One of America's most beloved storytellers, Father Andrew Greeley returns with an explosive novel about the corrosive political culture tearing apart America--and one man's family.

Tommy Moran, an Irish Catholic kid from the West Side of Chicago, fights for the underprivileged on the floor of the United States Senate. Swearing off negative attack ads, Moran is determined to restore civility and compassion to American politics. But his opponents don't share his scruples. Almost from the beginning, Tommy and his family find themselves besieged by vicious personal attacks, false rumors…and attempts at assassination!

As a freshman senator, Tommy must also cope with the temptations--both political and carnal--regularly thrown his way. The job takes its toll on him, but at least he has the support and love of his devoted wife, a daughter of Chicago's raucous O'Malley family.

But the opposition that hits home the hardest comes from an unlikely source: his own brother.

Father Tony Moran, a conservative Catholic priest, has never approved of Tommy's senatorial career, much to Tommy's dismay. So when Father Tony sides with Tommy's political enemies, it may be more than one man can bear.

Can anything heal the rift between…the Senator and the Priest?

Dirt: a story about gardening, mothering, and other messy business

Dirt: a story about gardening, mothering, and other messy business Review

Emmy is a typical suburban mother--at least on the outside. On the inside she's a mess. She's trying to raise her three sons alone, and that is proving to be a discouraging struggle. Her oldest, Nick, is profoundly autistic and increasingly frustrated with the world around him. Henry, her normally dependable middle child seems to be drifting away from her into morose adolescence. And then there's Dan, her eight-year-old who seems perpetually angry at everyone in the family. Emmy's estranged husband Eric is no help at all, just a weekend dad who pops in when he's not wanted and takes the boys out for fast food or visits to the Science Museum. Emmy's haven from it all is her garden, and her dream is to start a landscape design business. But lack of time and energy keep her stuck selling real estate--it is all Emmy can do just to keep her life under control. When a flirtation, a brush with the law and a near tragedy occur within a few weeks of each other, Emmy is certain that she has failed adulthood completely. Dirt presents a portrait of complicated relationships and the ways that people find refuge--and each other.

Resurrection: The Confirmation of Clarence Thomas

Resurrection: The Confirmation of Clarence Thomas Review

When U.S. Senator and Christian minister John C. Danforth sponsored Clarence Thomas for the Supreme Court nomination, he was not prepared for the explosion caused by Anita Hill's charges of sexual harassment. Here is a deeply moving story of spiritual regeneration and a revealing account of an important moment in American history.

The Senator's Agenda (Dead Air Series, Book 3)

The Senator's Agenda (Dead Air Series, Book 3) Review

Bill Baldwin, an old college friend of Wess, wins the U.S. Senate primary election in Colorado. Moments after the triumph, amid the confetti-strewn bedlam of the victory gala, Baldwin's press secretary shockingly puts a gun to his head and pulls the trigger...but not before issuing an ominous warning.