Had a great time at the Nationals game last night. It was my first time seeing a game in a “cookie cutter” ballpark, and the experience wasn’t as bad as I’d thought it would be. Yes, there’s not much to look at, but that’s okay. It makes you pay more attention to the action on the field.
We took the Metro to RFK Stadium, which is apparently what a lot of people do.
Our seats were in right field, with a pretty good view of the action. My only complaint was that we were right underneath the large scoreboard, and there’s not a lot of other signage around the ballpark. It was very difficult to tell who was batting without being able to see the scoreboard. But the view was great (althought the pic’s a little fuzzy).
Mike Aitken (one of the “boys in the back” at NRAnews.com went to the game with me, and his girlfriend showed up and took a picture of us with my cameraphone.
One of the things with a new team is the lack of a built in fan base. There were plenty of Phillies fans in attendance (and I saw a large number of Red Sox hats as well… either transplants or bandwagoneers) including some students from the University of Maryland.
The delightful train ride into the park turned into a hellish traffic jam trying to get out of the park. It took a good half hour to simply get into the Metro station. Maybe if the Nats had won it would have been a more jovial atmosphere.
All in all a good time, although it’ll be tough to take the kids to the ballgame unless it’s on a weekend. I’m taking them to a Single-A Potomac Nationals game on Thursday, however… so expect more baseball blogging in the future.