Talk:Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium
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[edit] Armed Forces Field at RFK Stadium: Did this ever happen?
I seem to recall that this proposed renaming never happened -- it was felt to be a poor use of Pentagon cash. Surely someone in DC can confirm or deny whether the renaming in fact went through. --Jfruh 16:53, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- It hasn't been renamed as of yet. I believe the military option is out, and the last i can recall was that a local financial services company, i can't recall the name, was in the for the bidding, but that was maybe a month ago. --Boothy443 | comhrÚ 18:31, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
In the weekly joke column in "Sports Illustrated", they said naming it for the Armed Forces was a bad idea because then President Bush would only come to the games once a month. Wahkeenah 22:03, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I wouldn't want the stadium to be named "Armed Forces Field." It sounds... tacky. -- Win777 16:08, 3 September 2005 (UTC)
Tackier than "U.S. Cellular Field"??? Wahkeenah 22:52, 3 September 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Photos
Why do people keep putting that blurry, distorted photo instead of the clearer, better, baseball photo? User:Getreprimanded 02:27, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
- It ought to be dumped. Its color is nauseating (although appropriately fitting for many Senators teams of the past). Wahkeenah 03:21, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Which Photo?
We should vote on wheter we should put the D.C. United or Washington Nationals picture, or if we can find another picture for it. ColumbusCrew29 23:27, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
- Some things shouldn't be put to a vote. Anyone who is looking at the two photos objectively can recognize that the baseball one is a higher quality, clearer picture. If there were two pictures of equal quality, then I could see us having a reasonable discussion about this. But these pictures aren't equal quality. If someone wants to contribute a high-quality picture of a D.C. United game, then it would make sense to talk about which one should be at the top. —Cleared as filed. 02:02, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
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- I took the D.C. United photo and agree that it is technically inferior and shouldn't be used when a better photo is available. (I took it with a cell phone.) I do think there should be an exterior shot of the stadium as the exterior is much more interesting architectually. In defense of my photo, I don't find the colors "nauseating". I think it's vivid and also like the action and the excitement of the crowd. The other photo makes baseball seem even more boring than it actually is. Most of the spectators aren't even looking at the game. --
D.M. (talk) 02:32, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
- My complaints were about the colors of the seats, not about your photo. For a cellphone photo, it's excellent. And I do think an exterior shot would be nice. If it looks anything like when it was built, it has nice lines to it. Wahkeenah 04:44, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
- I took the D.C. United photo and agree that it is technically inferior and shouldn't be used when a better photo is available. (I took it with a cell phone.) I do think there should be an exterior shot of the stadium as the exterior is much more interesting architectually. In defense of my photo, I don't find the colors "nauseating". I think it's vivid and also like the action and the excitement of the crowd. The other photo makes baseball seem even more boring than it actually is. Most of the spectators aren't even looking at the game. --
[edit] Something's Not Right...
One of the memorable moments states...
- June 18, 2006 - Washington Nationals defeat the New York Yankees on Ryan Zimmerman's walk-off home run, in front of a sellout crowd 45,157 fans, the largest single-game baseball crowd in RFK history.
However, the moment just prior to that says...
- April 14, 2005 - Washington Nationals defeat the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-3, before a crowd of 45,596, to win their first home opener in Washington, D.C. They go on to sweep the 3-game series.
It would seem like the game on April 14, 2005 had "the largest single-game baseball crowd in RFK history". Where's the mistake? -- tariqabjotu (joturner) 22:17, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
