 Complete the following phrase:  Washington was then without a professional baseball team for over three decades until Major League Baseball relocated the Montreal Expos to the city for the 2005 season. In the interim, the Baltimore Orioles served as Washingtons home team. Orioles ownership marketed the team heavily to Washington baseball fans, even removing Baltimore from the teams uniform however, since the return of baseball to the D.C. area, Baltimore is now on the uniform. The Orioles reliance on the Washington market became a hindrance to Washingtons efforts to gain their own baseball team as Orioles ownership lobbied Major League Baseball to keep a professional team out of Washington. Eventually, baseballs owners, burdened with a poorly performing Montreal franchise, were convinced to move the team to Washington with the promise of a brand new stadium fully ficed by the D.C. government. Orioles owner Peter Angelos cast the lone dissenting vote in the 281 decision. After spending their first three seasons at RFK Stadium, the Nationals began playing at Nationals Park in 2008. The Nationals would eventually win their 