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Making the Case: Cecil Travis For the Hall of Fame

Two months ago, Michael Keedy submitted an essay highlighting the career of the Washington Senators’ outstanding shortstop, Cecil Travis. As he did his research for this essay, he became impressed with the accomplishments of a player he had barely heard of. The more he read about Cecil Travis, the more convinced he became that a strong case can be made that this overlooked star belongs in the Hall of Fame…

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Odds and Ends / Washington Nationals/Senators

It’s Presidents’ Day, Let’s Recall President Eisenhower’s “Baseball Secret!”

“When I was a small boy in Kansas, a friend and I went fishing. As we sat there in the warmth of the summer afternoon on a river bank, we talked about what we wanted to do when we grew up. I told him that I wanted to be a real major league baseball player. My friend said that he’d like to be President of the United States. Unfortunately, neither of us got our wish…” -Dwight David Eisenhower, 34th President of the United States

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