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Nationals Ballpark Ceremonial Groundbreaking, May 4 2006
The stage at the groundbreaking, chock full of DC political royalty. The front row, from left: CFO Natwar Gandhi, DC Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, Ward 6 Councilwoman Sharon Ambrose, Deputy Council Chair Jack Evans, Council Chair Linda Cropp, Nationals owner Ted Lerner, Mayor Anthony Williams, some guy from Clark/Hunt/Smoot (sorry!), and DC Sports and Entertainment Commission's chairman Mark Tuohey at the lectern.
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A sign on the southwest corner of the Half and O intersection. (This is not where I saw home plate marked as being on a Clark/Hunt/Smoot exhibit at an ANC meeting, it was actually right next to the red building. But if they fudged it, who will really know?)
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The shovels used for the groundbreaking. Note that they are made from baseball bats.
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Mayor Bowtie A. Baseball arrives.
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Red Nats caps were handed out at the entrances, so the audience was a sea of red. In the front row are two members of the Homestead Grays team from the Negro Leagues, and also two Washington Senators. (sorry I didn't get the names)
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A group photo of the people who were most critical in the return of baseball to DC--from left, Mark Tuohey, Linda Cropp, Jack Evans, Ted Lerner, Bill Hall of the DC Sports and Entertainment Commission, and Mayor Williams.
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I have to be the only person there who got all excited at being up close to Nat Gandhi.
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A ballpark menu of hot dogs and Cracker Jack was served, along with these cupcakes that just begged to be photographed.
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Ted Lerner posing for pictures at the groundbreaking site.
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