Please indulge a little bit of a distraction from the usual parade of crime, greed and corruption. We had the chance to take in the Nationals home opener against the Braves on Sunday - and the first official game in the new Nationals Park.



It was a chilly but clear night and a slow game bookended by an exiting first inning that saw the Nats up by two and an amazing 9th that saw the Braves tie things up. Everyone thought we were headed to extra innings but the Nat's third baseman, Ryan Zimmerman wrapped things up in style with a walk-off home run on the third strike of the second out. Amazing!



Also amazing is the new park - a really nice place to see a game with plenty of good sight lines fantastic open verandas overlooking the field. We were seated about five feet to the right of the left field foul marker for most of the game and later moved down to the third base line to sit with friends. Can't complain about either view.



-- MDT

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