Washington Vs. Baltimore, Baseball Style

8 March 2005 - 8:00am

How will the competition between the Washington Nationals and Baltimore Orioles impact their respective cities?

The new Washington, D.C. Nationals baseball team (created from the former Montreal Expos) has stirred up an old rivalry with the neighboring Baltimore Orioles, sparking more than the usual competition between the two cities. Many perceive a contest between primarily blue-collar Baltimore and white-collar Washington.

Source: The Baltimore Sun, March 6, 2005
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