Growing up in DC, my childhood idol was Frank Howard. Sure, they weren’t contenders to win the AL East, but I didn’t care.

Baseball is baseball and a lot of us were very angry the owner, Bob Short, moved the team to Texas to become the Rangers in 1972. It took 33 years for DC to finally get the Expos move down from Montreal to become the Nationals.

But through all this, Frank Howard, was still a local hero. He has a statue in front of Nationals stadium. To me, the cover epitomizes how baseball is remembered to people of my generation and is so much a part of growing up and American culture. What are your thoughts?

The program to my first baseball game as a kid. August 16, 1970- Washington Senators Vs. Chicago White Sox. Final score Senators- 2, White Sox- 1.

I find it an interesting piece of memorabilia with President Nixon on the cover and about 4 years later, he resigned due to the Watergate scandal.

BTW- for those who know…I still think Bob Short (owner of the Senators who moved them to Texas) still sucks!