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On this day in 1966, the first black umpire made his debut, nearly 19 years to the day after Jackie Robinson made his playing debut. Emmett Ashford umpired third base in the Cleveland Indians vs. Washington Senators Opening Day game at RFK Stadium. Cleveland would defeat Washington, 5-2 before 44,468. Boxscore – Baseball Reference. D.C. [...]

A while back, Tom Bridge listed his top five baseball memories. I thought, hey, that sounds like fun. Then I got sick, so I’m not just getting back to it. These are all games that I attended. Here they are in no specific order:
Opening Day 2005 Washington @ Philadelphia
I lived in Northern Virginia since before [...]

Thirty years ago today, the Washington Federals and the United State Football League debuted. I was pretty young, so I don’t remember too many specifics other than one of my older neighbors had his birthday party at a game and another one was still using a Federals key chain a decade later. I also remember [...]

I think we are in Round 62 in the ongoing saga that is a new D.C. United stadium — the team’s managing partner Jason Levien is hopeful, according to Soccer Insider (The Post):
“The stars are aligning in a good way for us. We’re working closely with the right people and we feel better about it [...]

Last night was the 30th anniversary of 75 year old Luke Appling hitting a home run off Warren Spahn in the 1982 Cracker Jack Old Timer’s Baseball game. I was hoping to embed the video of it — there used to be a pretty good clip on youtube, but it’s gone. This ESPN retrospective video [...]

RFK Stadium at age 50: Redskins, baseball and much more – The Post
Happy 50th Birthday, RFK Stadium! – SB Nation DC
THOMAS BOSWELL: RFK Stadium: After 50 years, it’s still personal – The Post
GALLERY: A look back at RFK Stadium – The Post
UPDATED 10.03.2011: When RFK Stadium opened DC Sports Bog, The Post (yay mega nerd)
Last [...]

The darkest day in D.C. baseball history was 40 years ago today. That night, the Washington Senators played their final game which they forfeit after fans overran the field at RFK Stadium. They appeared to be on their way to a 7-5 win over the New York Yankees when bedlam ensued. The Shirley Povich column [...]

Struggling with crumbling RFK Stadium, D.C. United is desperate for a new home – The Post
Washington’s most successful team over the last two decades, DC United, plays in its worst facility. Robert F. Kennedy Stadium, home of 312 United matches (and by my calculation approximately 810 Senators games, 243 Nationals games and 255 Redskins games [...]

RFK Stadium was almost LBJ Stadium – DC Sports Bog, The PostI never knew that D.C. Stadium was nearly renamed Lyndon B. Johnson Stadium, but at the last minute in 1969 it was changed to Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium. Now I do. Good work, Dan Steinberg.
That would have been an old name for [...]

I recently sent a Joe Posnanski blog post about Steve Sabol and NFL Films to my friend and fellow NFL Films aficionado David the other day. He replied back that it was great but also that Hulu had several NFL Films features available including the NFC Championship game between the Washington Redskins and San Francisco [...]