The Senators / Nationals / Nats are Washington's baseball heritage, the reason, for example, that Montgomery County named a high school after Walter Johnson. The Baltimore Orioles tried to claim Washington as their territory, and for about 33 years the Nats were on a long road trip, but he Orioles are nothing but the transplanted St. Louis Browns. Sure, this team started play in 2005, but the red curly-W is straight from 1969, and there are plenty of fans who saw the old teams play.