A baseball stadium used to sit on the site of Howard University Hospital.
Former Washington Senator Harmon Killebrew, who hit 573 home runs — many of them of legendary length — over a 22-year career as one of the most feared sluggers in the majors, died today in Arizona. Killebrew had been battling esophageal cancer, and had announced earlier this week that doctors had diagnosed his affliction as incurable.
What a difference four days make. On Monday, the Nationals were surging. They had just taken two out of three from the Phillies and were four games under .500 for the first time since April. But then the Rockies came to town. When the dust settled, bullpen coach John Wetteland may have been the only one to lose his job, but the damage had been done. For the first time since arriving in Washington,…
After 22 straight scoreless innings, things looked bleak for the Nationals. With their highly-anticipated Battle of the Beltway on tap, the Nats had to beat the Cubs and Kerry Wood making his first start of the season. Well, a little bit of lineup shake up did the trick as four players, including Damian Jackson and Marlon Anderson, homered in a 5-3 victory over the Cubs. Firmly in fourth place, the Nats can now look ahead…
DCist fans may have fervent opinions regarding the building of a baseball stadium, but are there any Nats fans loyal enough to sell their soul to see the team take a pennant? One devoted Washington Senators fan and Yankee-hater makes such a deal in the oft-performed Damn Yankees, now closing out the year at Arena Stage. Middle-aged Joe Boyd (Lawrence Redmond) makes the infamous pact with Satan (Brad Oscar) to turn back the clocks and…
The summer of 2005 will go down in history as the summer D.C. became a baseball town, again. But it’s important to remember that, even without a long-standing hometown team, the District has always been home to baseball’s most important fans: the justices of the Supreme Court. No matter the batting order, the nine Justices of the Court have consistenttly ruled in favor of professional baseball, as a business, often at the expense of…
Matt Drudge is breathlessly reporting a local activist caused a “melee” at today’s press conference to unveil the logo to the newly-named Washington Nationals. The activist in question was none other than D.C. Statehood Green Party member and failed candidate for D.C. Shadow Representative Adam Eidinger. Drudge reports: “Eidinger was jumped by several men, including former Washington Senators announcer Charlie Brotman. A tussle ensued, and the podium nearly fell over, before security managed to drag…
We here at DCist apologize for our access problems over the past day or so, we were under the hood tinkering around and some unexpected problems popped up. We are now fully in operation. Thanks to some of our friends for passing the word along. – Adam over at eebmore tips us off to a story in the Baltimore City Paper about DCers taking over Baltimore neighborhoods. Citing lawns, cheaper property, and friendly neighbors,…