CHARLES AND BASEBALL
& THE WASHINGTON NATIONALS
MAIN | IN PRINT | ON VIDEO | HONORING CHARLES
Charles with his son Daniel on Opening Day at Nationals Park, March 30, 2008
Charles Krauthammer was a lifelong baseball fan. He loved the game, playing it from earliest childhood and continuing his enthusiasm until the very end of his life. He wrote about baseball often in his weekly column for The Washington Post, talked about the Washington Nationals whenever he could on Fox News' Special Report, and filled entire chapters of his two books with his favorite essays exploring his passion for the game.
"This is why God created baseball,
late on the 6th day"
—Charles Krauthammer
Bret Baier and Fox News present a documentary about Charles' love for baseball and the Nationals
Watch the full length documentary on Fox Nation:
Read the companion piece about Charles' love for the Nats:
"Suffering a Relapse, and Loving It," Washington Post (April 15, 2005)
(Click here to read the full article)
"On weeknights I’m normally at Nationals Park, it being exactly seven minutes from Fox News’s Washington studios, where my workday ends at 7. If the winds are fair and the Third Street Tunnel is clear, I can get to my seat by the bottom of the first."
"The Joy of Winning," Washington Post (May 24, 2012)
(Click here to read the full article)
Read More of Charles' writing on baseball in his books:
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Things That Matter ("The Joy of Losing"; "The Best Show in Town"; "Return of the Natural")
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The Point of It All ("Suffering a Relapse, and Loving It"; "Revenge, American-Style"; "Why do they Even Play the Game?")
On the day Charles Krauthammer passed away
a moment of silence was observed at Nationals Park
June 21, 2018
Charles' Friends Honor His Love of the Game
SCOTT ALLEN
"The Nationals didn’t do much winning in those early years, but it didn’t matter; Krauthammer couldn’t quit them. He managed to find joy in the losing, and described Nationals Park, which opened in 2008, as his 'own private paradise'."
"Charles Krauthammer found sweet relief away from politics: With the Washington Nationals" | The Washington Post | June 22, 2018
DAVID SEIDEMAN
"I don’t know how to describe it to non-baseball fans. But there’s a way of communicating the pleasures of the action unfolding on the field with just a smile and a nod. I’ve only been able to do this in my life with my dearly departed father and a few close friends. And Charles."
"Charles Krauthammer's Love Of Baseball Leaves A Lasting Legacy" | Forbes | June 22, 2018
