D.C. Baseball - You Gotta Have Heart
D.C. Baseball - You Gotta Have Heart
Documentary on the history of baseball in Washington D.C. Featuring archival footage and photographs, the program is focused on two teams; the Washington Senators, and the Homestead Grays. Includes contemporary interviews with sports reporters, former owners and former players. Also includes archival footage, mostly in B&W, duly noted as such.
D.C. Baseball - You Gotta Have Heart
Sportscaster Phil Wood recalling opening day for Washington Senators season.
D.C. Baseball - You Gotta Have Heart
DO NOT USE B&W archival stills of Senators manager CLARK GRIFFITH shaking hands with President WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT on Opening Day, 1912.
D.C. Baseball - You Gotta Have Heart
Senators manager CLARK GRIFFITH talks about the Opening Day traditions.
D.C. Baseball - You Gotta Have Heart
DO NOT USE B&W archival stills of Senators manager CLARK GRIFFITH shaking hands with President WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT
D.C. Baseball - You Gotta Have Heart
MS of President WOODROW WILSON throwing out the first ball of the Seantors season, 1913.
D.C. Baseball - You Gotta Have Heart
MS President WARREN G. HARDING shaking hands w/ Senators ball player. Slo-mo MS of CALVIN COOLIDGE tossing out the first ball of the season. MS President HERBERT HOOVER tossing first ball, 1929.
D.C. Baseball - You Gotta Have Heart
Slo-mo MS of FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT throwing first ball of the season.
D.C. Baseball - You Gotta Have Heart
Slo-mo MS of HARRY S. TRUMAN throwing first ball of the season.
D.C. Baseball - You Gotta Have Heart
MS of President DWIGHT EISENHOWER tossing first ball of the season, 1953.
D.C. Baseball - You Gotta Have Heart
Roundtable discussion of former Washington Senators players. Former outfielder 1954-60 & 1968 manager JIM LEMON says government officials frequented Senators games; tells story when Richard Nixon showed up, that they usually played better when luminairies showed up. Former 1st baseman 1939-48/1950-55 MICKEY VERNON says their salaries typically stayed the same.
D.C. Baseball - You Gotta Have Heart
Cut to color archival footage of Arch McDonald interviewing CLARK & CALVIN GRIFFITH in 1955.
D.C. Baseball - You Gotta Have Heart
Cut to contemporay interview with Calvin Griffith regarding ball club expenditures.
D.C. Baseball - You Gotta Have Heart
DO NOT USE Archival still of ROY SIEVERS.
D.C. Baseball - You Gotta Have Heart
DO NOT USE Former outfielder ROY SIEVERS recalls asking the boss for a raise.
D.C. Baseball - You Gotta Have Heart
DO NOT USE Archival B&W still of the Washington Senators Home Run Brigade (Fearsome Foursome), 1950s: Roy Sievers, Jim Lemon, Bob Allison and Harmon Killebrew.
D.C. Baseball - You Gotta Have Heart
Sportscaster Phil Wood recounts Roy Sievers, Jim Lemon, Bob Allison and Harmon Killebrew.
D.C. Baseball - You Gotta Have Heart
DO NOT USE Archival still photo. Team photo of the Washington Senators.
D.C. Baseball - You Gotta Have Heart
Cut to contemporay interview with Calvin Griffith regarding the 1959 team. Sportswriter Shirley Povich recounts the Senators' potential move to Minneapolis, MN.
D.C. Baseball - You Gotta Have Heart
DO NOT USE Archival B&W stills of Carmilio Pascal (sp), Harmon Killebrew and Bob Allison.
D.C. Baseball - You Gotta Have Heart
Sportswriter Shirley Povich recounts the Senators' potential move to Minneapolis, MN.
D.C. Baseball - You Gotta Have Heart
Archival B&W footage of Washington Senators baseball game, early 1960s: shots of crowd; MS/CUs of President JOHN F. KENNEDY in stands; shots of game play, batting, fielding, running bases, etc. Cut to archival B&W shots of decommissioned Griffith Stadium, overgrown with weeds and grass.
D.C. Baseball - You Gotta Have Heart
Cut to sportscaster Phil Wood talking about the late 1960s Senators team.
D.C. Baseball - You Gotta Have Heart
DO NOT USE Archival B&W still
D.C. Baseball - You Gotta Have Heart
Cut to sportscaster Phil Wood talking about the late 1960s Senators team.
D.C. Baseball - You Gotta Have Heart
DO NOT USE Archival B&W still of FRANK HOWARD, Dick Bozman, Ron Kline, Darrell Knowles (sp).
D.C. Baseball - You Gotta Have Heart
Cut to sportscaster Phil Wood talking about the late 1960s Senators team.
D.C. Baseball - You Gotta Have Heart
Baseball fans Joseph Laskin and Lewis Newmyer recall going to Senators games, meeting players. William Foster recalls going to Homestead Grays games. Tom Curtis, Sally Schwartz, and Richard Feddeman recall going to Senators games, meeting players. Reminiscing the old days of America's pasttime (pass-time).
D.C. Baseball - You Gotta Have Heart
Roundtable discussion of former Washington Senators players. Former pitcher WALTER MASTERSON recalls the community, the brotherhood among the old Senators teams; BERT SHEPARD seconds that. Former 1st baseman MICKEY VERNON commends the Griffith management. Former outfielder JIM LEMON says they weren't a great ball club, but you couldn't beat the team spirit among both the players and the fans. Former outfielder FRED VALENTINE recalls playing under manager Jim Lemon.
D.C. Baseball - You Gotta Have Heart
More of roundtable discussion among former Washington Senators players. Former pitcher FRANK KREUTZER recalls getting President Eisenhower's autograph after a game. Former shortstop RON HANSEN recalls his brief experience with the Senators. Sportscaster BOB WOLFF thanks the men; they applaud.
D.C. Baseball - You Gotta Have Heart
Closing credits. Sponsors.