I really liked Nationals Stadium. It is the newest of the parks we've seen and they got all the amenities right. Wide aisles, lots of food choices, decent seats with leg room, a very nice, wide open center field pavilion. The only quibble ... its not in the best of areas and the center field view is marginal. A definite top 5 candidate.
While in DC, we're staying with our son, Steven. He and his friend James came with us to the game. It was T-Shirt Tuesday so we all got Nationals T-Shirts with "Run, Teddy, Run" on the back. The mascot race is between the 'Rushmores', the 4 Presidents on the face of Mt. Rushmore. Apparently, in the 4 years of their existence, Teddy has never won. They keep coming up with creative ways for him to lose. Today, he was in the lead and went back to attack a mascot bee which allowed Abe to win.
Here's the link to the pictures: http://www.flickr.com/photos/14772189@N03/sets/
It was a good game. The Mets won 4-3. They scored the winning run in the 8th when Damion Easley was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded. Here's a link to the box score:
http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2008_08_12_nynmlb_wasmlb_1&mode=wrap
Hot Dog Rating ... we have a new standard bearer. Nancy had a chili dog from Ben's Chili Bowl (in left field). It was great ... spicy chili, a tasty hot dog and a great bun. I had a foot long hot dog from the Senator's Sausages kiosk. great taste, good mustard and grilled sauerkraut pile thick. Yummy!! If I was an Eastern Bloc judge, I'd give it a ten ... "9.9" Nancy liked the beer, but it was a national brand, Miller Lite, in a bottle.
We'll be doing a few museums in DC before we head to the Jersey shore and the Brigantine Condo we've stayed in each of the past 8 years. 28 stadiums down, 2 to go. We'll do Detroit and Toronto in September.
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