Baseball Game

Bob and I went to see the Cardinals vs Nationals on June 5th. It was an evening game and was at the new Nationals stadium--a beautiful stadium. It was the 3rd game in a 3-game series.

The game was exciting. The Cardinals were losing 5-0 after the 5th inning. Cardinals won the first 2 games of the series. So, we were disappointed that not only were they losing--they just weren't playing well. They did end up having a double header Thursday. Wednesday's game was canceled because of a storm--and they played that one Thursday afternoon. Nonetheless, they really weren't playing well. But, it did change in the 6th inning. The first thing they did was change pitchers. That made a big difference. Then, in the 7th inning somebody from St. Louis hit a 3-run homer. Poor Bob missed it. (Bob is from St. Louis) I felt so bad he had to miss that. We were in section 106 (right behind left field) and he walked to section 129 on a mission to find the ice-cream Shawn made. Shawn's company, Gifford's, sells their ice-cream to the Nationals ballpark. Bob saw an advertisement that said they were in section 129. So, he walked all the way over there and got me a cup of chocolate ice-cream. He did get to see the Cards get a few more home runs and by the 9th inning they had tied the game at 8-8. In the 10th inning the Cards scored again. There were a lot of Cardinal fans in the stadium and they were going nuts! Unfortunately, with 2 outs--the Nationals hit a 2-run homer and won the game, 10-9.
A little disappointing, but better than I thought it was going to be at the beginning when it looked like they were trying to lose.


I always try to find a bright spot for everything and I thought of some bright spots about the evening.

1. it didn't rain--they had predicted a chance of more T'storms Thursday night and it didn't rain at all--was a beautiful evening

2. Bob was willing to walk all the way around the ballpark just to get me some ice-cream.

3. since we were 2 of the first 15,000 people in the stadium we each got a free Ryan Zimmerman bobblehead doll. Bob says they won't be worth anything at all--but I might keep it anyway.

4. We knew we'd get home late and had the good sense to take Friday off. We didn't get home until midnight. It felt good to be able to sleep and not have to get up at zero dark thirty for work.

5.--not really a bright spot--but something we're not used to. While waiting in the subway station for our train after the game we saw 2 men being arrested and led out of the station by about 6 cops. Have no idea what they did. They were on the opposite side of the platform waiting for a train heading toward northern Maryland.

But, speaking of the train--to reach the stadium we got off at the Navy Yards stop and as soon as you swipe your ticket and leave the station you are practically in the park. That was neat. And, the new Nationals stadium is beautiful