At the last home game of the regular season for the DC Grays on July 25, attendance was sparse. Those on hand to see the DC Grays ahead of the Nationals 5-0 in the 7th when the game was called due to lightning were treated to some nice baseball in a great new venue, Maury Wills Field. The DC Grays are worth watching and the price is right - free. The seating possibilities allow one to be very close to the game. There are bleachers on each baseline that are protected by a high fence. Behind home plate there are no bleachers - one can bring a chair or sit on the grass. The entire field is surrounded by a running track - so one can do jogging or walking while taking in the game, a real seventh inning stretch.
The Grays play in the Clark Griffith Collegiate Summer League, a league similar to the Cal Ripken Sr. Collegiate Summer League that the Bethesda Big Train play in. Both the Griffith and Ripken Sr. leagues use wooden bats as does major league baseball, instead of the aluminum bats used in college baseball. The DC Grays play on the same caliber as the Bethesda Big Train - it is a matter of time and promotion before the DC Grays are attracting much larger numbers to Maury Wills Field.
The DC Grays (in blue) of the Clark Griffith Collegiate Summer League on the field at Maury Wills Field at Banneker Recreation Center on Georgia Ave NW, Washington, DC, on Saturday, July 25, 2009. The CGL is a wooden-bat league that has been operating for 64 years. During the months of June and July the team plays a 38-game schedule plus a post-season.
DC Grays on the field at Maury Wills Field, on Saturday, July 25, 2009. Unfortunately, the bleachers are empty.
Scoreboard at Maury Wills Field, on Saturday, July 25, 2009.
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