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Originally called D.C. Stadium, RFK was home to the expansion Senators until they departed for Texas as the Rangers. It is a modern stadium (circular, double-decked, and symmetrical) with over 45,000 seats, and several of the centerfield seats were painted different colors to denote the landing spots of Frank Howard's more prodigious home runs. On September 30, 1971 the last ML game played there was forfeited to the Yankees with the Senators leading 7-5 and two outs in the ninth inning when angry fans stormed the field to protest the home club's impending move. It is now the home of the National Football League's Washington Redskins. (SCL)

FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY » July 31, 1962: At D.C. Stadium, Mickey Mantle is on the bench with a wrenched knee, but Skowron supplies the power with a grand slam. New York wins, 9–5. » September 18, 1962: At Washington new ball park D.C. Stadium, Mickey Mantle clouts the first home run there, and adds another, both off Washington starter Tom Cheney, to pace New York to a 7–1 win. Mick has five RBIs. Ralph Terry picks up his 22nd win, the most by a Yankee right hander since 1928. The Yankee win, combined with a Twins loss, leaves New York (90–63) in 1st place by four games. » April 10, 1967: At D.C. Stadium, LBJ tosses out the first ball to open the season. But the Senators manage just two hits off Mel Stottlemyre as the Yankees win, 8–0. New York jumps on starter Pete Richert for seven runs in the 3rd inning, collecting six straight hits, to put it away. » April 7, 1969: At RFK Stadium, 45,000 fans, including President Richard Nixon, look on as Ted Williams makes his managerial debut for the Senators. The Yanks spoil it, winning 8–4, pinning the loss on Camilo Pascual, and routing him in the third inning with back-to-back homers by Jerry Kenney and Bobby Murcer. Playing for the old Senators, Pascual lost the '56 opener to New York, and the '57 opener to the Orioles. He won the 1960 opener against the Red Sox and, for the new Washington Senators, lost last year's opener to the Twins. Mel Stottlemyre wins his 3rd straight opening complete game, despite giving up 14 hits. » April 11, 1989: At Washington's RFK Stadium, the Soviet national baseball team loses to George Washington University 20–1. Soviet 1B Nugzar Pophadze stuns the crowd with a long home run in the left-field stands, one of two Russian hits. Two days earlier, the Russians were beaten 21–1 by a team from Annapolis.