Home Run Derby

The game might have been between two of the worst teams in baseball (the Nationals hosted the Pirates in Washington) … but neither team looked like the Pirates or Nationals.

Literally and figuratively. 

First of all, both teams wore the uniforms of the Homestead Grays - one of the most storied teams in the history of the Negro Leagues.  both teams wore the old duds because the Grays (who were based out of Pittsburgh) played their home games at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh and also adopted the DC area as their home turf, playing many “home” games at Griffith Stadium in Washington DC.

And Cristian Guzman had a game worthy of the uniform, hittng a first-inning home run and eventually driving in six of the Grays’ ( Nationals) 9 runs to beat the vistiting Grays (Pirates) 9-8.

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