#794 Washington's First World Series: When the Washington Senators Were America's Team
The Not Old - Better Show
Paul Vogelzang
4.7 • 107 Ratings
🗓️ 12 March 2024
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Washington's First World Series: When the Washington Senators Were America's Team
The Not Old Better Show, Smithsonian Associates Interview Series
Welcome to a riveting episode of the Not Old Better Show Smithsonian Associates Interview Series on Radio and Podcast. Today, we embark on a journey back in time to 1924, a year that marked a pinnacle moment in sports history, capturing the spirit and imagination of a nation.
In an era dominated by legends like Babe Ruth and overshadowed by teams with storied legacies, a group of scrappy underdogs, the Washington Senators, dared to challenge the status quo. In the centennial year of the Senators' victorious World Series run, our guest today is Smithsonian Associate sports historian and author Fred Frommer. Fred Frommer has written the new book, You Gotta Have Heart: Washington Baseball from Walter Johnson to the 2019 World Series Champion Nationals . Fred Frommer and baseball author Gary Sarnoff, who has a new book out on the '24 Senators. Both Fred and Gary tell us today about the compelling story of this history-making team and touch on the mostly fallow years that followed and will be appearing at Smithsonian Associates coming up. Please check out our website for more details, but Fred Frommer joins us today, as brief tease of his upcomining Smithsonian Associates presentation…stay tuned.
Fred Frommer tells a story of a team guided by a 27-year-old rookie player-manager, Bucky Harris, and fueled by the indomitable spirit of an aging pitcher, Walter Johnson. Together they embarked on a quest to dethrone the baseball giants of their day, the New York Yankees. Against all odds and amidst a backdrop of cultural upheaval and innovation, the Senators not only captured the hearts of Americans but also clinched the World Series title, becoming a symbol of hope and resilience. Join us as we delve into this incredible story with Smithsonian Associate, author and sports historian Fred Frommer, exploring the Senators' unlikely victory, its impact on the na
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Not Old Better Show, |
| 0:03.4 | Smithsonian Associates Interview Series on radio and podcast. |
| 0:07.8 | The show covering all things health, wellness, culture, and more. |
| 0:11.6 | The show for all of us who aren't old were better. Each week |
| 0:15.1 | we'll interview superstars, experts, and ordinary people doing extraordinary things |
| 0:20.4 | all related to this wonderful experience of getting better not just |
| 0:24.9 | older now here's your host the award winning Paul Vogel sang |
| 0:29.9 | welcome to the not old better Show Smithsonian Associates interview series on |
| 0:35.0 | radio and podcast. I'm Paul Vogel saying and it is spring. Today we're embarking |
| 0:41.6 | on a journey back in time to 1924 a year that marked a |
| 0:47.0 | pinnacle moment in sports history spring sports sure you're getting the drift but we are going to capture the spirit and imagination |
| 0:54.7 | of a nation at that time in an era dominated by legends like Babe Ruth, and overshadowed by teams and storied legacies, a group of scrappy |
| 1:04.8 | underdogs the Washington Senators dared to challenge the status quo. |
| 1:09.1 | In the Centennial year of the Senators victorious World Series run, our guest today is Smithsonian |
| 1:15.6 | Associate, Sports Historian, and author Fred Frommer. |
| 1:19.3 | Fred Frommer has written the new book, You Gotta Have Heart. |
| 1:23.3 | Washington Baseball from Walter Johnson |
| 1:25.6 | to the 2019 World Series Champion Nationalist. |
| 1:30.2 | Fred Frommer and Baseball author Gary Sarnoff, who has a new book out about the Washington 24 senators, |
| 1:38.0 | are going to co-host a session at Smithsonian Associates, and we have Fred Frommer today. He's going to |
| 1:44.7 | tell us this compelling story of the history-making team and please check out our |
| 1:50.0 | website for more details but Fred Frommer joins us today as a brief tease of his upcoming |
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