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v, [1], 170 pages. Illus., index, Small tears to DJ edges. Mark's work has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, the Weekly Standard and other publications. He is the author of several books, including Wasted: Tales of a Genx Drunk, If It Ain't Got That Swing: The Rebirth of Grown-Up Culture , God and Man at Georgetown Prep: How I Became a Catholic Despite 20 Years of Catholic Schooling and a touching memoir of his grandfather, star first baseman for the Old Washington Senators: a history of baseball in its golden age and an exciting account of the Senators' 1924 World Series victory: Damn Senators: My Grandfather and the Story of Washington's Only World Series. Joe Judge, the author's grandfather, was the star first baseman for the Washington Senators, and played in the Senators' 1924 World Series victory. Joseph Ignatius Judge (May 25, 1894 - March 11, 1963) was an American first baseman in Major League Baseball who played nearly his entire career for the Washington Senators. He set American League records for career games (2,056), putouts (19,021), assists (1,284), total chances In 1924 the Senators won their first pennant, edging the three-time defending league champion New York Yankees by two games. Batting fifth in the World Series against the Giants, Judge scored on Peckinpaugh's double with one out in the ninth inning of Game 2 for a 4-3 victory; he also completed three double plays in the game, one of which ended an inning with the bases loaded. He got three hits each in the losses in Games 3 and 5; Washington took the Series in seven games, winning 4-3 in 12 innings in the last game. They repeated as league champions in 1925, with Judge again pacing the AL with a .993 fielding average, and met the Pittsburgh Pirates in the World Series. Batting cleanup, Judge hit a home run in the second inning of Game 2 at Forbes Field for a 1-0 lead, though Pittsburgh won 3-2. In Game 3 he doubled to drive in the tying run in the third inning, and had a sacrifice fly with the bases loaded in the seventh to again tie the game 3-3; Washington went on to win 4-3. In Game 7 he drew a bases-loaded walk and later scored in a 4-run first inning, but Pittsburgh came back to win 9-7 and take the championship.Despite his small frame for a first baseman - 5 feet 8½ inches and 155 pounds - Judge led the AL in fielding average five times, an AL record for first basemen until Don Mattingly did so six times between 1984 and 1993. (Some sources credit Judge with leading the AL six times, but they count 1924 as a tie when he actually lost the title to Wally Pipp by a fraction of a point.) He led the AL in 1927 (.996), 1929 (.996) and 1930 (.998), committing only two errors in the latter season. In 1926 he broke Clyde Milan's team record of 105 career triples, though Sam Rice passed him the next year. In 1927, Judge also tied Milan's team record of 685 career walks. His career .993 fielding average set an AL mark that stood for more than three decades. In 1928 Judge collected a career-best 93 runs batted in and finished third in the MVP balloting. That year he passed George Burns to take over the league record for career games at first base, and he broke Burns' AL mark of 16,892 career putouts in 1929 and his record of 18,231 total chances in 1930. Judge broke George Sisler's AL record of 1134 career double plays in 1928, and his mark of 1251 career assists in 1932. In 1930 he enjoyed his last strong season, again reaching double figures in doubles (29), triples (11) and home runs (10). By the time he left the Senators after the 1932 season he was among the AL's top ten players in career runs and total bases, though he was edged out of the top ten by the time he retired.(20,444), double plays (1,476) and fielding percentage (.993) at first base, and led the AL in fielding average five times, then a record. He also batted over .300 nine times, and hit .385 in the 1924 World Series as the Senators won their only championship. At th.
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