National Pastime: Sports, Politics, and the Return of Baseball to Washington, D.C.

Recounts the return of major league baseball to the nation's capital, chronicling the debut 2005 season of the Washngton Nationals, under the management of the outspoken Frank Robinson, and discusses their winning season, the intense controversy over bringing the team to Washington, D.C., the political and financial disputes, and more. 35,000 first printing.