At the old Ball Game

Being fully in the 'when in Rome' spirit, yesterday evening we ventured over to the over side of town to watch the Washington Nationals baseball team play the Arizona Diamondbacks. Fortunately, Hannah, one of our number, knew the rules and spent the whole evening explaining what was happening to the rest of us.


I've been to two baseballs before in Chicago, and I never really understood what was going on at either, so it was good to finally understand just how the game plays out. And we were lucky in being there when the Nationals, or Nats, scored a home-run with all their bases loaded. The Nationals are apparently the worst team in the league, so with the final score being 5-0 to the Nationals some federal celebrating was in order.

Our $15 seats actually turned out to be pretty decent - we had a good birds eye view of what was going on. The stadium itself was pretty amazing, apparently it's new, and it showed in still being pretty gleaming. Baseball seems to be more than an event, it's more of a pastime. Just as we were leaving during thee eighth innings, a couple who had only just arrived came and sat next to us. It's a bit of a dip-in-dip-out sport and more of a fun evening out with the atmosphere of thousands of people there for the same reason, than just a ball game. For $15 I think it was a pretty good bargain.