Rudi and I saw our tenth Nationals game tonight.<\/p>\n
I have to admit: I’ve been feeling a little guilty. You see, as a baseball fan, my allegiances are divided and I remain more a Mets fan than I am a Nats fan. So when the Mets came to town at the beginning of July, I cheered them on over the home team. And the Mets went on to win the series.<\/p>\n
And that was the end of the Nationals’ winning streak. They have not won a series since then. I ruined it for them.<\/p>\n
So I was eager to get to tonight’s game and reassure them that I still liked them quite a bit and that I would be pleased if they started winning again. Because while I still hold hopes that the Mets will get their act together and move up in the rankings, I would be almost as happy if the Nationals clinched the NL East, particularly if it came at the cost of the Braves. (Sorry, was that my outside voice?)<\/p>\n
And clearly they needed to hear that. Because they won 3-1 tonight off home runs from left fielder Preston Wilson (son of former Met Mookie Wilson) and first baseman Nick Johnson.<\/p>\n
And just in case it didn’t fully process, I’d like them to understand that I expect them to win again tomorrow.<\/p>\n
The night was warm — the flags atop the stadium wall hardly fluttered until the eighth inning — and the fans and players seemed a little lethargic during the first few innings.<\/p>\n
I had mixed results on the food front — the anti-drunk-driving folks gave me two free soda tickets, but the veggie dog\/pizza stand had run out of the appropriate cups (as they seem to at every game). I don’t understand why each stand isn’t just given more cups than they expect to use — they wouldn’t think of short-changing them on the mega-sized cups.<\/p>\n
Matt and Marsha were our seatmates for the night. They opted to spend their ninth anniversary with us and the Nats. We appreciated their company, and I think the Nats were putting on a good show for them in lieu of a card.<\/p>\n
So, congratulations, Nationals, on notching your latest win, and congratulations, too, to Matt and Marsha on nine years of marriage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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