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Byline: Dick Heller, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
As of this week, one of Washington's two biggest jock-related needs will be filled. The sports wing of the gorgeous City Museum, opening for public inspection Friday, gives the District at long last a proper place for honoring its rich and diversified athletic history.
Now all we require is a major league baseball team, but that's another, far sadder story.
The City Museum, across from the new Washington Convention Center in the former Carnegie Library at 801 K St. NW, is a sparkling delight. And the "Sandlots to Stadiums" sports exhibit, crammed smartly into fewer than 2,000 square feet on the second floor, stands as a tribute to the Historical Society of Washington, D.C., which runs the museum, and guest curators Frank Ceresi and Carol McMains. As well, of course, to the thousands of athletes within.
Any fan of the games people play should enjoy the presentation. "Actually, we could...
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