Have beer and baseball always gone together? Not in Washington.
, no less. The Senators owner, a prohibitionist through and through, made things harder on himself by subsisting without a source of revenue that other teams availed themselves of.
. That team joined with others to form the American Association, which NL owners and fans mocked as the “Beer and Whiskey League.”But by the early 20th century, beer was entrenched in the national pastime. “All Pennant Winners Drink Beer and Smoke” blared a Los Angeles Times headline previewing the 1912 World Series. At the time, Griffith, a former pitcher, was wrapping up his first season as manager of the Senators, and his anti-beer attitude hadn’t yet taken shape.
Griffith’s objection to selling alcohol didn’t prevent him from accepting money from beer companies, leading to a
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