A few weeks ago, I did a post here on a DVD, “Around The League: 1939-1946” compiled from 8 mm color footage shot by Washington Senators and Cleveland Indians outfielder George Case. I got a fun story with great anecdotes from Case’s son George Case III and good still shots from the film. The one thing I lacked when I posted my original piece was a good clip from the DVD.
However, with the help of Case III and the DVD production company, Delaware Digital Video Factory, there is now a two-minute, forty-eight second clip online. I encourage anyone who would like to see color footage of Joe DiMaggio and Ted Williams taking batting practice in 1940 to check out the guest post I wrote for Seamheads.com, which is also running a podcast today with Case III.
Let me know what you think!
Wonderful footage of some great players. I love that old Washington team and wish the new ownership had kept the nickname “Senators”! Thing of the headlines” “Senators Blow Another One!” or “Senators Can’t Get Out of Their Own Way!”
You have to wonder why they didn’t recycle the name. Maybe it was considered bad karma since it was recycled once before, which led to the Texas Rangers.