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Baseball stadium opened in Southeast Washington D.C. for the Washington Nationals. I was at the first game and my father-in-law was part of the construction.

District Drafts beer sign at Nationals Park
Food and Drink, Nats/MLB 2018, The District, Washington Nationals Posted onApril 26, 2018July 12, 2022

2018 Nationals Park beer update

Beer updates for the 2018 Washington Nationals season, in and out of the ballpark

Opening Day 1957: President Eisenhower greets Washington manager Chuck Dressen while VP Richard Nixon looks on in Washington, D.C.
Best of WWN, Featured, Video, Washington Nationals Posted onApril 5, 2018December 31, 2020

Nats Opening Day highlights: presidents, pageantry from newsreels to now

To celebrate the home opener, I’ve put together a youtube playlist of Washington, D.C. baseball Opening Days over the years, starting with Herbert Hoover and continuing through Lyndon Johnson and resuming with Bush and Obama.

Opening Day 1957: President Eisenhower greets Washington manager Chuck Dressen while VP Richard Nixon looks on in Washington, D.C.
Nats/MLB 2017, Video, Washington Nationals Posted onApril 2, 2017December 31, 2020

Nats: D.C. Opening Day newsreels and video from the Hoover administration to 2016

Highlights from baseball Opening Day in Washington D.C. from the 1920s to 2016. From Griffith Stadium to RFK to Nationals Park, the Senators and Nationals have featured presidents Hoover, Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Bush and Obama for the ceremonial pitch.

Capitals/NHL, Nats/MLB 2016, Video, Washington Capitals, Washington Nationals Posted onAugust 25, 2016December 31, 2020

For posterity, Katie Ledecky and the Nats

Olympic swimming gold medalist Katie Ledecky is a big Washington Nationals fan and has thrown out several ceremonial first pitches.

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