Joseph Spearwas an officer of the Royal Navy who served during the American War of Independence, and the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars... (wikipedia)
We want people to still be discovering new things about this park in season two,
It depends on who you ask, ... There's a federal city and a local city. We are 100 percent committed to a ballpark that represents D.C. What does that mean? Our answer is both. We'll do something symbolic of both.
We wanted something that was of this time and of this place.
We felt D.C. deserved to distinguish itself. Another red brick ballpark would be just like those in other cities.
I'm excited that so many people want us to do better than we've done before, ... This stadium is going to be very light and modern and different.