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This day in baseball: First Sunday game in D.C.

May 19, 2022

The first Sunday baseball game ever played in the nation’s capital took place on May 19, 1918, five days after Congress voted in favor of lifting the ban in Washington, D.C. The Washington Senators defeated the Cleveland Indians, 1-0, in twelve innings in front of 15,352 fans at Griffith Stadium.

Griffith Stadium between 1909 and 1932 (Library of Congress)

This day in baseball: Abe Ribicoff seeks to establish National Baseball Day

May 11, 2022

On May 11, 1950, Connecticut Senator Abe Ribicoff introduced a bill to Congress to designate June 26th “National Baseball Day,” in honor of the birthday of Major General Abner Doubleday. Doubleday, of course, was at one time credited with inventing the game of Baseball. Sadly, the bill was never approved by Congress.

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This day in baseball: First Sunday game in D.C.

This day in baseball: Abe Ribicoff seeks to establish National Baseball Day