Griffith Stadium
Stadium in Washington, D.C.Wikipedia
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Oct 17, 2026
Lon SimmonsSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
What were your, uh, comments, Del? Any re- personal reactions for yourself about the, the last, uh, baseball game in Washington for probably quite a while?
Del BurnettSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Well, being an old Washington fan from back in the mid nineteen thirties, from the Griffith Stadium days and Clark Griffith to now, it was a pretty sad occasion, the fact that Washington left.
Del BurnettSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
But of course, a-after they moved to Bloomington, Minnesota, it, uh, it just didn't seem like Washington Ball Club actually though, really, Ken.
Lon SimmonsSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Well, Del, thank you so much for your comments.
Ned MartinSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Mel, you were talking earlier about, uh, the 1952 opener.
Ned MartinSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I saw that game in old Griffith Stadium when I was living down here.
Ned MartinSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I remember it.
Mel ParnellSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Yeah, that was great memories.
Bill UdallSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And there go the Senators out on the field.
Bill UdallSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
[crowd cheering] A nice crowd here, and they're still filing in at Griffith Stadium.
Bill UdallSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Senators have been playing real good ball this year.
Bill UdallSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Even in the games which they've been beaten, they've been an exciting ball team to watch.
Bill UdallSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Kubek batting 291, six doubles, a triple, two homers, and seven runs batted in.
Bill UdallSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Nino Betoria playing in at third.
Bill UdallSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The sun shining brightly down on Griffith Stadium.
Bill UdallSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
This field in A1 condition.
Lon SimmonsSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
What were your, uh, comments, Del? Any re- personal reactions for yourself about, uh, the last, uh, baseball game in Washington for probably quite a while?
Del BurnettCORRESPONDENT
Well, being an old Arsenal fan from back in the mid-1930s from the Griffith Stadium days and Clark Griffith to now, it was a pretty sad occasion, the fact that Washington left.
Del BurnettCORRESPONDENT
But of course, a- after they moved to Bloomington, Minnesota, it, uh, it just didn't seem like Washington Ball Club actually, though, really it can.
Lon SimmonsSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Well, Del, thank you so much for your comments.
Bob GamereSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Ball club drew 16,000 for the ball game on Friday night.
Bob GamereSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
They had the biggest Saturday crowd in the history of baseball in Washington, not only in this stadium, but also in Griffith Stadium, over 21,000 last night.
Bob GamereSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And a very representative crowd right now, looks in the vicinity of, uh, 19, maybe even 20,000 for this afternoon's game between the Yankees and the Washington Senators.
Bob GamereSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
This is it for the first half of the season.
Ken AllenSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
What were your comments, Del? Any personal reactions for yourself about the last baseball game in Washington for probably quite a while?
Del BurnettCORRESPONDENT
Well, being an old Arsene fan from back in the mid-1930s, from the Griffith Stadium days and Clark Griffith to now, It was a pretty sad occasion, the fact that Washington left.
Del BurnettCORRESPONDENT
But, of course, after they moved to Bloomington, Minnesota, it just didn't seem like Washington Ball Club actually, though, really, again.
Del BurnettCORRESPONDENT
Well, Del, thank you so
Bob WolffSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Over thirty thousand people are jammed into the home of the Dodgers, and among those already present for the grand opening is President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Bob WolffSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
President Eisenhower, who's been known to take a day off from his White House duties to see a ball game at Griffith Stadium in Washington, has made the trip up to Brooklyn to take in this spectacle.
Bob WolffSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
He's the first chief executive to see a World Series game since nineteen thirty-six when the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt saw the third game of the series between the New York Giants and the Yankees at the Polo Grounds.
Bob WolffSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
We've already had the pregame ceremonies down on the field.
Franz LockSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The score in that particular game was four to three in favor of the National Leaguers.
Franz LockSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The next year, 1937, the game was played at Griffith Stadium in Washington, and the American Leaguers won by a score of eight to three.
Franz LockSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And you'll remember in that particular game, that is the game where Dizzy Dean, while pitching for the National Leaguers, was hit on the toe by a line drive off the bat of Earl Averill.
Franz LockSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And we might say that that was really the start of the downfall of Dizzy Dean's pitching career because he came back and tried to pitch before the toe was in shape, and naturally he threw the ball while off-balance, and it eventually hurt his arm, and he never did get over it.
Bob GammereSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Ball club drew 16,000 for the ball game on Friday night.
Bob GammereSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
They had the biggest Saturday crowd in the history of baseball in Washington, not only in this stadium, but also in Griffith Stadium, over 21,000 last night.
Bob GammereSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And a very representative crowd right now, looks in the vicinity of, uh, 19, maybe even 20,000 for this afternoon's game between the Yankees and the Washington Senators.
Bob GammereSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
This is it for the first half of the season.
Bob DelaneySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And that's his forty-third of the year.
Bob DelaneySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
His second in as many games here in this series at Griffith Stadium.
Bob DelaneySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And it gives him a hundred and five runs batted in.
Bob DelaneySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And that was a high fly ball that carried well over the right field fence.
Bob DelaneySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Mantle flies it to right field in the first inning.
Bob DelaneySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Pitch to Mickey, strike call.
Bob DelaneySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
So Maris who had homered in every ballpark but Griffith Stadium up till last night has now hit two in a row.
Bob DelaneySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
One last night and one today.
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