Nationals Baseball

Last Saturday we went to a baseball game at RFK stadium. The Nationals were playing the Baltimore Orioles, so they call it "Battle of the Beltway." This just cracks me up because the Beltway is a highway. When we lived in the SF Bay Area and the A's and Giants played it was called "The Battle of the Bay"... much cooler than a rivalry of the road!

Anyway, we went with some friends that live almost a mile from the stadium, so we all walked over together. The father is an avid baseball fan, so he and Randy always have good talks. Their daughter is in Danny's class, and the two are quite good friends. Taking two 3-year-olds and a 1-year-old to a baseball game is an interesting experience. Probably the best thing we did was go really early so that Danny and D could watch the batting practice and warm-up. We went right down to the field for that. When it was game time, though, we headed up to the nosebleed section. It was breezy for Miss A, but everyone else handled the temperature pretty well.

The highlights were definitely the presidents and the zoo animals. Make sure you check out those two links. The presidents actually race... which we didn't get to see because the kids couldn't last longer than the 6th inning. My goal next time is to stay long enough to see the presidents race. You know how most stadiums have dot races or helmet races on the big screen? Well at RFK they actually put these four presidents out on the field to race. I can't wait to see that! I mean talk about funny to have presidents as a baseball mascot! We did get to see the presidents do the chicken dance, though and that was pretty fun. Now the zoo animals usually entertain at minor league games. The kids loved them because they dance and go through all these goofy antics. They aren't a regular feature of the games, but they were fun. As far as the actual game went, we did get to see some home runs, but all by the Orioles, so the Nationals didn't have too great of a game. But we sure had fun!

By the way, this was Annelise's first baseball game. Danny went to his first game when he was two weeks old, but it took us a while to get Miss A to a game. I think last spring and summer were pretty busy!