If we accept the ESPN report that MLB
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As with the rest of DC sports, I find it hard not to give in to the resignation that a baseball team in the city is just never going to happen. I almost think the location in Northern Virginia would be worse than no team at all since it would mock Washingtonians with remoteness little better than Baltimore.
As anyone who’s been there can attest, there’s not much that beats strolling into Wrigley or Fenway and then hitting a local bar round the corner after the game. The Senators could lose 100 games a year and I’d never get tired of going — if the stadium was in the city.
Skip’s right though — the anti-development whiners in DC are as oppressive as they are insufferable. Combine them with the staggering incompetence of the DC government and you can bet your bottom dollar we’ll never see the likes of Griffith Stadium again.
I live in the neighborhood of the proposed NY Ave Stadium; it’s a great location in a developing neighborhood with two close subway locations to get you to and from the game
However, I can attest to the influence of the “neighborhood activists”…our condo association is trying to build an add on to a parking lot in this neighborhood. Talk about pulling teeth…these “activists” have nothing but rage and time on their hands to sabotage any potential construction. Why?
To quote Mrs. Lovejoy: “Won’t someone please think about the children?” That’s all I heard at our board meeting. The worst.