A half-century ago, the San Diego Padres were so close to relocating to the nation’s capital that longtime Washington Post sports columnist Shirley Povich sent a two-word telegram to Commissioner Bowie Kuhn, a D.C. native who had championed a new team for his hometown: “MAZEL TOV.”
Democracy Dies in Darkness
Fifty years ago, baseball was back in Washington, D.C. — until it wasn’t
By Frederic J. Frommer