I love taking public transportation to the ballpark. I enjoy the sense of community I feel while watching baseball and when you ride the the train with strangers going to the same event it helps the anticipation build. At every stop more fans get on the train until everyone bursts out of the train station onto the street toward the stadium and we’re all going to the same party. The Metro stop at Nationals Park opens onto a street with a beer garden and vendors. I wish it had been a sunny afternoon and not a rainy evening.

I was in DC for a conference and planned to go to this game while I was there. I realized that I was getting serious because I did some research on seats at the ballpark (there are lots of blogs devoted to really practical issues concerning ball park visits – seating, food, and special features in the ballpark – this is not that). I had a crab grilled cheese and a soda in a cup with Thomas Jefferson on it.