Names apparently being touted include the Washington Senators, Washington Warriors and Washington Red Tails.

And no-one goes to Washington Senators games any more because the Washington Senators no longer exist.

The old Washington Senators offered him a contract to play professional baseball out of high school.

In 1942, Scarborough joined the Washington Senators.

He played for the Washington Senators in the 1950s and worked well into his eighties as a coach.

The team filled a void left by the Washington Senators franchise, which left town in 1971 and became the Texas Rangers.

The founder and head is a baseball player name Lou Haneles, his assistant, or dean is Eddie Ainsmith, formerly of Washington Senators.

It was the team's first World Series title since 1924, back when the capital's team was called the Washington Senators, the Washington Post reported.