You Gotta Have Heart: A History of Washington Baseball from 1859 to the 2012 National League East Champions

First edition paperback, which is in fine condition. Book was signed and inscribed by author, Frederick J. Frommer, and Phil Hochberg, the first baseball and last football stadium announcer in the first 37 years of DC's RFK Stadium. Seller will include pamphlet from book signing event at the National Archives. Please see photos for condition. Seller will carefully wrap book in bubble wrap, box it, and ship it with tracking.

"First in War, First in Peace . . . and Last in the American League." Expressions such as this characterized the legend and lore of baseball in the nation's capital, from the pioneering Washington Nationals of 1859 to the Washington Senators, whose ignominious departure in 1971 left Washingtonians bereft of the national pastime for thirty-three years. This reflective book gives the complete history of the game in the D.C. area, including the 1924 World Series championship team and the Homestead Grays, the perennial Negro League pennant winners from the late 1930s to the mid-1940s who consistently outplayed the Senators. New chapters describe the present-day Nationals, who, in 2012, won the National League East led by the arms of Gio Gonzalez and Stephen Strasburg and the bats of Ryan Zimmerman, Adam LaRoche and rookie Bryce Harper. The book is filled with the voices of current and former players, along with presidents, senators, and political commentators who call the team their own.