Stadium
Nationals Park
Modern ballpark with a bronze statue of Negro Leagues slugger Josh Gibson mid-swing beyond center field.
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Location
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About this audio guide
This guide to Nationals Park in Washington, D.C. starts at the bronze statue of Negro Leagues catcher Josh Gibson mid-swing in Center Field Plaza, cast by sculptor Omri Amrany in 2009 and commissioned by the District's Commission for the Arts and Humanities. It follows what happened when Major League Baseball opened its record books and researchers went hunting through decades of barnstorming box scores for proof of the legend. Negro League teams played well over a hundred games a season, most of them never officially scored at all.
This audio guide was created using AI.