Phillies take on the Nationals

Ian and I decided to take a road trip down to Washington to catch the Phillies take on the Nationals. Thank God that team is getting a new ballpark. RFK is by far one of the ugliest ballparks (or straight up stadiums for that matter) in baseball. That said, I am getting a little ahead of myself. We made the two hour drive down to DC, pull into the parking lot, and luck would have it a generous Nationals fan walks right up to us as we are getting out of the car and gives us two tickets to the game. I'm talking out of nowhere. Not only do they give us two tickets, these tickets are 13 rows from the field at thrid base. Amazing - 50 dollar - tickets. We were all set to get there and buy the cheapest tickets available, but no - we get to go in for free, and sit in amazing seats. DC might get a bad rap, but their fans sure are nice.

Well, the Phils are in second place, 3 games out, and taking on the last place Nationals. I figured that this is the Phils chance to win a few and creep up on those pesky first place Mets. What happens - we lose. Not a bad loss......well, maybe it was, the Phils just didn't hit. No offense. None whatsoever. They ended up losing 4-2. Totally wasting some great opportunities that those Nationals were giving them.

Anyway, it was a fun side trip. You gotta love watching your home team on the road. Just about anywhere is a good place to go to watch baseball. A win would have been nice, but, oh well, it was fun just the same.