Episode description

For the 1961 season, the Washington Senators moved out of the capital to play ball in Minnesota as the Twins. Marque names such as Harmon Killebrew, Bob Allison, and Jim Perry helped the team make its mark in its new home. Four years later, the Twins would win the AL pennant and bring it to Minnesota for the first time.

As for Washington, the city would not be left without a baseball team. Immediately replacing the Washington Senators in 1961 were… the Washington Senators. The team with an old name was one of two AL expansion teams, and success did not come easy. The team's first pennant was in 2010, but by then, they had moved to Arlington as the Texas Rangers.

That first year saw them finish behind everyone else in the AL, posting a 61-100 record. 1961 was the year of a dominant Yankees team, finishing 47 and a half games ahead of the Senators. But what of their head-to-head?

We join the Senators at Yankee Stadium on 2nd July; the two teams’ record is 3-3, and we have Bob Delaney hosting, with Phil Rizzuto and Red Barber on the play-by-play.

You can find the boxscore here.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA196107020.shtml

This game was played on 2 July, 1961.