A proposed development at the former RFK Stadium site piqued my interest because featured in this $500 million project, according to an August Washington Post report, would be three multipurpose fields.

I hope these will include regulation-sized baseball fields. There are not enough in the metro area to accommodate demand, squeezing many groups — and middle school students. At such a crucial age developmentally, when many kids already replace playing sports with unhealthy customs, those who still want to play often have nowhere to go.