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Aa3rt
09-27-2007, 07:00 PM
Well, no, the stadium is still there. It's just that Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium (known locally simply as RFK) hosted it's last baseball game this past Sunday.

The Washington Nationals defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 5-3, in front of over 40,000 fans.

One of the highlights for me was seeing a number of Senators players in attendance. They included:

Hank Allen (http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=allenha02), with the Senators from 1966-1970


Dick Bosman (http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=bosmadi01), Senators 1966-1971

Ron Hansen (http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=hansero02), Senators 1968

Chuck Hinton (http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=hintoch01), Senators 1961-1964

Frank (The Capitol Punisher) Howard (http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=howarfr01), Senators 1965-1971

Don Loun (http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=loundo01), Senators 1964

Fred Valentine (http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=valenfr01), Senators 1964-1968

The stadium opened for baseball in 1962, with the expansion Senators (in their second year) winning the home opener 4-1 against the Detroit Tigers (April 9, 1962).

RFK would be the home of the Senators from 1962-1971, hosting some (usually) bad teams. The Senators would finish:

1962-10th, 60-101
1963-10th, 56-106
1964- 9th, 57-105
1965- 8th, 70-92

1966- 8th, 71-88
1967- 6th (tie) 76-85
1968- 10th, 65-96

(Begin divisional play)

1969- 4th, 86-76
1970- 6th, 70-92
1971- 5th, 63-96

It was all over on Sept. 30th, 1971 when the Senators forfeited to the NY Yankees 9-0. Lest you need the reminder, the Senators were leading 7-5 in the top of the 9th inning, when unruly fans, upset that this was the Senators last game, stormed the field, causing play to be halted and the game lost.

Major league baseball would be gone for 33 years before the Montreal Expos would be relocated to Washington before the start of the 2005 season.

Short Still Stinks!