Lou Gehrig: Back to Hartford and the Bigs
Tuesday, August 24th, 2010 Posted in Famous Senators, Hartford Senators | Comments OffHartford would be Lou Gehrig's first taste of professional baseball, however, as any fan moderately well-versed in Major League Baseball history should know, it was far from his last. Playing in more consecutive games than any player of his time, ...
Lou Gehrig: Baseball Before New York
Tuesday, August 24th, 2010 Posted in Famous Senators, Hartford Senators | Comments OffThough perhaps he was not "the luckiest man on the face of the Earth" merely for his days in Hartford, Lou Gehrig's time spent manning first base for the Senators was arguably the most storied in franchise history. Prior to ...
Jim Thorpe: A Senator Among Many Things
Tuesday, August 24th, 2010 Posted in Famous Senators, Hartford Senators | Comments OffTruly incomparable among athletes of his time, Jim Thorpe enjoyed professional careers as in basketball, football and baseball, in addition to gold medal performances at the 1912 Olympic Games. Even some Senators followers might not know, however, that arguably the ...