Video of the Cracker Jack Old-Timers Baseball Classic, played annually in RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C. during the 1980s
Tag: RFK Stadium
Robert F. Kennedy Stadium in Washington D.C. is the current home of DC United soccer and previously the Washington Nationals, Redskins and Senators. Opened in 1961, it saw 36 seasons of Redskins football and 13 seasons of major league baseball.
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.
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.
Stop me if you’ve heard this before, but there may be a new stadium for D.C. United in our time: Sources: D.C. United and District […] Read More