Nationals Game

Last night a bunch of us went to see the Nationals play at RFK Stadium (naming rights to be determined at a later date). It was Roger, Travis, Matt, Coleen, Jim, Kevin, Greg, Dan, Heather and SP. We were somewhat concerned since it began raining late Friday night / early Saturday morning and kept raining until mid-day Saturday. It stopped raining before we left though so we were hopeful. We rode the Metro down.

There was also a Wizards playoff game in the afternoon yesterday. There were some people who went to that game and then took the short Metro ride from MCI Center to RFK. One of those people happened to be James Carville. He is a big sports fan and is often seen around DC at various events. He sat down next to Dan and Heather. Dan said hi and not much else, kind of cool.

We got to the park at about 6:45 PM. The first pitch was supposed to be about 7:10. We found our seats which were really good for many reasons. They were in the upper deck almost directly behind home plate as you can see from the picture. Also they were covered and this will be key. I went to grab some food and the lines were already quite long. The staff there is ok, just not quick about anything. They are still getting up to speed I think.

The rain did come back about the top of the fifth inning. It started light at first and then really started to come down. They called the first rain delay in the top of the sixth inning. It was about 45 minutes including the time to get tarp on and off. During the rain delay the food stations (in the upper deck at least) began running out of food. By the end of it nothing but pizza was left. They started the game back up and it went to the bottom of the eigth until the second rain delay. Most of us left at that point since we assumed it would be called. It was about 45 minutes later.

A pretty good evening. Lots of fun and the Nationals won to boot.