Take Me Out To The Ballgame!

What a great night! Last night Dani, my brother Bill and my buddy Doug and I headed to the Metro to catch the Nats game at RFK

On the way to the game we met many riders who were also heading to the Redskins game.

When we got to the game and there wasn't a huge contengency of National fans there. We wanted to get four seats together which wasn’t a problem since a major league baseball team who is in last place at the end of August doesn’t get a great draw. The sweetheart of a lady in the ticket window sold us centerfield seats for $3 each, talk about a deal. It was more expensive to ride the Metro than it was to get into the game. Once we got into the stadium we found great seats down close to the field because the ushers weren’t checking the tickets. There was a total of about 20,000 people there so we could pretty much sit where we wanted.

The Nats were playing the Philadelphia Phillies, they had already last the last three games to them. The game was pretty fun to watch except when the Phillies took a 4 – 2 lead late in the game. In unaccustomed fashion the Nats tied it up in the bottom of the ninth. All 300 of us who had stayed were going ape. Extra innings – The Phillies scored a run in the top of the tenth and about 150 got up to leave. Unbelievable, the Nats came back in the bottom of the tenth with two to win the game. Sorry, Tina!

What a bargain, four seats for $12 and if you don’t spend $40 per person on food and beer then it’s a better bargain than dinner theater.