Washington DC has exper- ienced plenty since 1933 – riots, desegregation and 13 different presidents.
Washington DC has exper- ienced plenty since 1933 – riots, desegregation and 13 different presidents.
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Huw Richards
But it has not seen major league play-off baseball.
That barren 79-year run ends this week as the Washington Nationals, who brought America's Game back to its capital after a 34-year hiatus in 2005, play St Louis Cardinals in the first round of the National League play-offs. The best-of-five series starts in St Louis today and reaches Nationals Park – with its views of the US Capitol – on Wednesday.
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