Damn Senators
OCLC 51615233 | | |
Preceded by | If It Ain't Got That Swing (2000) | |
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Followed by | God and Man at Georgetown Prep (2005) | |
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Damn Senators: My Grandfather and the Story of Washington's Only World Series Championship is a biography by author
The book cites
Damn Senators received a positive reception from multiple publications.
Contents summary
Damn Senators chronicles the
During his era, Judge was regarded as among both the top players for his position as first baseman, and also as a fielder.
Walter Johnson is described in the book as an excellent baseball pitcher from Idaho who was respected for his genuine and good-natured qualities both on and off the baseball field.[4][10][5] The author recounts the baseball pitcher's August 7, 1907 first game with the Washington Senators.[4] They were matched by the Detroit Tigers, who claimed player Ty Cobb.[4] Johnson was able to disguise his pitches so they appeared initially to be slower, when in actuality they surprised batters with their speed.[4] The Detroit Tigers were impressed by Johnson's pitching skills in his first game as a rookie baseball pitcher.[4]
Cobb is described in the work as utilizing a tactic to injure other baseball players during the game.
Damn Senators details the successful
After their defeat, the New York Giants were respectful to their opposing players.[4] One player for the New York Giants remarked that divine intervention helped Johnson win the game, due to his reputation for kindness towards others.[4] Johnson and Cobb would later go on to develop a friendship.[4]
Composition and publication
Prior to writing Damn Senators, Judge had worked as a journalist in his early twenties.
Critical reception
The Wall Street Journal wrote that Judge "so nicely captured" the "glory of Washington baseball" in Damn Senators.[1] The Boston Globe journalist Michael Kranish was interviewed on Weekend Edition for NPR in 2004, and highlighted Judge's book Damn Senators among his favorite summer reading picks.[10] He commented about his favorite portion of Judge's book, "My favorite part of Damn Senators was learning who Joe Judge was".[10] Kranish explained further, "He's before my time but it gave me a peek into baseball and that time. I love to read a book that puts you in a time and place and this certainly did that."[10]
The Boston Herald recommended the work among other similar sports-themed monographs to place on a "baseball bookshelf".[3] The newspaper called it, "A slim but satisfying memoir of the author's grandfather, long-ago Washington Senators first baseman Joe Judge."[3] The Weekly Standard wrote of the author's description of 1924: "Mark Gauvreau Judge, has beautifully captured the excitement and intensity of that season in Damn Senators."[5] Human Events wrote of the book, "Any book that re-creates the glory days of the Washington Senators (there were so few), salutes the greatness of Walter Johnson and tells the overlooked story of the author's grandfather, first baseman Joe Judge, is worth writing about. In Damn Senators, Mark Gauvreau Judge accomplishes all three."[6]
A book review in April 2003 in The Washington Times wrote, "Judge does a nice job recapturing the excitement of the World Series".[2] The book review criticized Judge's work for poor research leading to a few minor inaccuracies.[2] The review concluded, "This thin volume may be of some interest to historians studying the formerly woebegone Washington Senators drive to the franchise's only World Series championship in 1924."[2] A subsequent book review in November 2003 by The Washington Times called it an "evocative" work.[4] The second book review by The Washington Times wrote, "Judge has an interesting story to tell, one he learned from his father, who presumably had it from his father, Joe Judge. It's not in any standard Cobb biography."[4] The book review commented of Judge's writing style, "Judge's main account, the 1924 World Series, is one of baseball's great stories."[4]
References
- ^ a b c "Taste -- Review & Outlook: A Capital Idea", The Wall Street Journal, p. W19, July 18, 2003 – via ProQuest
- ^ a b c d e f g Heller, Dick (April 27, 2003), "Books on Dodgers, Senators marred by too many errors", The Washington Times, p. C4 – via NewsBank and InfoTrac
- ^ a b c d e Clark, Bob (April 13, 2003), "Nine new books step to the plate: 'Damn Senators' by Mark Gauvreau Judge", Boston Herald, p. 63 – via InfoTrac and NewsBank
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Goode, Stephen (November 10, 2003), "The Thoroughly American Game – Recent books bring to life some of baseball's legendary teams and iconic players, its enduring friendships and the silent, mysterious language that pervades the game.", The Washington Times, p. 36 – via NewsBank
- ^ a b c d e f g Barnes, Fred (April 28, 2003), "The year the last were first", The Weekly Standard, vol. 8, no. 32, pp. 37–38 – via ProQuest
- ^ a b c d e f g h Gilbert, Bill (July 14, 2003), "When Washington's Senators won the world series", Human Events, vol. 59, no. 23, p. 26 – via ProQuest
- ^ a b c Keri, Jonah (May 10, 2005), "Goose Goslin Was A Huge Hit; Have A Ball: He lit up D.C.'s cavernous Griffith Park to spark baseball's Senators", Investor's Business Daily, p. A4 – via InfoTrac
- ^ Boston Globe – via InfoTrac
- ^ Carroll, Jeff (October 24, 2004), "Mr. 2,987", The Times of Northwest Indiana – via NewsBank
- ^ a b c d e Hansen, Liane (September 5, 2004), "Interview: Michael Kranish talks about his summer reading picks", Weekend Edition, NPR – via NewsBank,
My favorite part of 'Damn Senators' was learning who Joe Judge was, a person who I really hadn't heard of.
- ^ a b c McKenna, Dave (February 11, 2005), "Unhanging the Stars", Washington City Paper, p. 14 – via ProQuest
- ^ a b Barr, Elizabeth (June 29, 1997), "A Pampered Boy's Life, As Seen Through a Buzz (book review)", The Buffalo News, p. G7 – via NewsBank
- ^ Judge, Mark G. (January 1989), "Censors at Work", The Progressive, vol. 53, no. 1, p. 40 – via ProQuest,
Mark G. Judge is a free-lance writer in Washington, D.C.
- ^ "Alumni Report", Catholic University of America Magazine, Catholic University of America, Spring 2006, retrieved September 21, 2018,
Mark Gauvreau Judge, B.A. 1990, of Potomac, Md., is the author of God and Man at Georgetown Prep: How I Became a Catholic Despite 20 Years of Catholic Schooling (Crossroad Publishing Co., 2005). In the book he shares his experiences at three Catholic schools.
- ^ Judge, Mark Gauvreau (Spring 2005), "My Favorite Teacher: Brashness + Tradition", Catholic University of America Magazine, Catholic University of America, retrieved September 21, 2018,
Mark Gauvreau Judge, B.A. 1990, has written four books, most recently Damn Senators: My Grandfather and the Story of Washington's Only World Series Championship (Encounter Books, 2003) and God and Man at Georgetown Prep: How I Became a Catholic Despite 20 Years of Catholic Schooling (Crossroad, 2005). His writing has also appeared in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post and Weekly Standard. Pictured are Judge and his father Joe Judge, B.A. 1950, LL.D. 1988, in a photo taken in the mid-1990s.
- ^ Judge, Mark G. (December 1990), "Books: Seeing Anew", The Progressive, vol. 54, no. 12, p. 40,
Mark G. Judge has contributed to Sojourners, and In These Times as well as The Progressive.
- ^ a b Selk, Avi (September 17, 2018), "What the man accused of being part of Kavanaugh's alleged sexual assault had to say about women's sexuality", The Washington Post, retrieved September 18, 2018
- ^ Velshi, Ali; Ruhle, Stephanie (September 19, 2018), Who Is Brett Kavanaugh's Friend, Mark Judge? (video), MSNBC, retrieved September 22, 2018 – via YouTube
- ^ Maas, Peter (September 22, 2018), "Mark Judge's memoir about Brett Kavanaugh's high school portrays a culture of aggression and excessive drinking", The Intercept, retrieved September 22, 2018
- ^ Newman, Michael (June 29, 1997), "Wasted: Tales of a Gen-X Drunk. By Mark Gauvreau Judge. Hazelden.", The New York Times, p. BR20, retrieved September 19, 2018
- ^ Eisner, Jane (September 18, 2000), "Popularity of cotillions signals resurgence of adult culture", The Philadelphia Inquirer – via InfoTrac
- ^ "Book Review: If It Ain't Got That Swing: The Rebirth of Grown-Up Culture", Kirkus Reviews, Kirkus Associates, LP, May 15, 2000, retrieved September 19, 2018
- ^ Szatmary, Dave (2000), "Book Review: If It Ain't Got That Swing: The Rebirth of Grown-Up Culture", Library Journal
- ^ a b Judge, Mark Gauvreau (August 22, 2004), "Washington Baseball Is Not for the Birds: Fans Deliver a Reception Worthy of a Senator", The New York Times, p. SP13 – via ProQuest
- ISBN 978-1893554702
- OCLC 51615233, retrieved September 25, 2018
- ISBN 978-1594030338
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- ISBN 978-1594030451
- ISBN 978-1594034305
- OCLC 842286063, retrieved September 25, 2018
- ^ Duin, Julia (April 19, 2006), "Prep school concedes to abuse charge", The Washington Times, p. B3 – via InfoTrac
- ^ Lott, Jeremy (November 9, 2010), "Book Review: Call for a Catholic sexual counterrevolution", The Washington Times, p. B4, retrieved September 19, 2018
- ISBN 978-0385519205.
Further reading
- Judge, Mark Gauvreau (August 22, 2004), "Washington Baseball Is Not for the Birds: Fans Deliver a Reception Worthy of a Senator", The New York Times, p. SP13 – via ProQuest
- "Joe Judge, Long-Time Nat First Base Star, Dies at 68", The Sporting News, March 23, 1963
- "Judge's Funeral Services Today", The Washington Post, March 14, 1963