The Washington Nationals opened their final ever homestand at RFK Stadium last night. Since the franchise moved here from Montreal a few years back, it has been mediocre baseball on the field, a venue with just the most basic and spartan fan comforts and amenities, and on the whole a great deal of public indifference towards baseball’s return to the District.

Moreover, with a 33 year baseball drought between the Senators’ departure in 1971 and the Nationals return, it is not exactly been a glorious baseball run here at RFK.

Yet why are people waxing in nostalgia and a tinge of sadness as the final baseball game is about to be played here?

A good read in the Washington Times examines why baseball is still very much loved in DC, and why the last week of baseball will draw great crowds.

We really enjoyed our official USRT visit to RFK Stadium back in 2005. We too will feel a twinge of sadness when one of the last of the 70s multi-use cookie cutters finally bites the dust.

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