When the Browns were bought and were moved to Baltimore, my dad explained that Baltimore was a bush-league town with bush-league fans. I remember that Baltimore fans used to pull out white handkerchiefs (yes, Baltimore fans had them) when an opposing pitcher was taken out. Baltimore fans called them "crying towels".
Yes, Clark Griffith allowed the Hoffbergers to put the Browns in Nats' territory. However, Griff got them back. He traded Gil Coan to Baltimore for the 1948 Rookie of the Year, who had been one of Bill Veeck's favorites. An outfielder with a bad shoulder, a guy named Roy Sievers. Home run champ, 1957, Washington's first power-hitter since Goose Gossage.
Guessing Goose Goslin is the guy
