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The heartwarming underdog story of the 1924 Washington Senators. In
1924, Washington Senators team president Clark Griffith hired Bucky
Harris, his twenty-seven-year-old second baseman, to manage the
Senators, a decision called “Griffith’s folly.” Yet the
Senators, inspired by their fiery new leader, found themselves in
first place heading into the homestretch. The question remained:
with an untested manager and an aging star pitcher, would they be
able to hold on for the first world championship in team history?
In Team of Destiny: Walter Johnson, Clark Griffith, Bucky Harris,
and the 1924 Washington Senators, Gary Sarnoff recounts the
uplifting story of a team that surpassed all expectations and gave
Washington fans a season to remember. Before the season began,
legendary pitcher Walter Johnson announced the 1924 season would be
his last. Sarnoff tells how, in the heat of a grueling pennant
race, the surging Senators won the approval of the entire country
who cheered on the underdogs and the thirty-six-year-old Johnson. A
fight to the finish saw the Senators on top and into the World
Series, where Johnson was called to the mound in the final game in
the ninth inning. With all eyes upon him, would Walter Johnson come
through? Team of Destiny describes in wonderful detail this
remarkable season and the players who made it unforgettable. One
hundred years later, it’s still a story that is sure to inspire
all generations of baseball fans.
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