All comments posted by users on the Greater Greater Washington post "Amateur baseball in DC: The Suburban League, 1908-1914" http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post/5424/amateur-baseball-in-dc-the-suburban-league-1908-1914/ en-us http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post/5424/amateur-baseball-in-dc-the-suburban-league-1908-1914/#comment-51579 My great-great grandfather played a bit of baseball while stationed here with the DC Volunteers during the civil war. Things must have been pretty boring around here after Gettysburg, so I can easily imagine them playing a lot. http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post/5424/amateur-baseball-in-dc-the-suburban-league-1908-1914/#comment-51579 Mon, 12 Apr 2010 21:00:22 EDT http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post/5424/amateur-baseball-in-dc-the-suburban-league-1908-1914/#comment-51537 Thanks Jay, I appreciate the added information and will dig into it further. http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post/5424/amateur-baseball-in-dc-the-suburban-league-1908-1914/#comment-51537 Mon, 12 Apr 2010 14:29:13 EDT http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post/5424/amateur-baseball-in-dc-the-suburban-league-1908-1914/#comment-51535 ThatÂ’s a nice article Kent. <p>Have you heard of the Washington Nationals team that toured westward in 1867? Their tour helped spread the popularity of baseball.</p> <p>Frank Ceresi has written about them.</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.fcassociates.com/ntnats.htm">http://www.fcassociates.com/ntnats.htm</a></p> http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post/5424/amateur-baseball-in-dc-the-suburban-league-1908-1914/#comment-51535 Mon, 12 Apr 2010 14:13:47 EDT