After Neal and Alon both got a much needed night of rest, we were off to RFK stadium to see the Washington Nationals take on the Baltimore Orioles.  First, we had to say goodbye to our good friend Ajay, who proved to be a tremendous host in Washington DC.  We all had a quick bite at Dunkin Donuts and entered the Metro (Washington’s version of a subway).  After finally figuring the confusing directions, we hopped onto the necessary train and were off to RFK. 

Once we got there, we met a police officer whose wife was a Suffern High graduate, just like us!! It was a real small world story.  After taking a picture with President mascots, we made our way into the stadium, bought all the necessary items (a beer, hotdog, program, etc.) The Nationals did not sell a team sticker, so we bought round coasters instead.  We then walked around the stadium, taking in all the different sight lines.  The stadium was originally designed to host football and baseball games, and for that reason, has a wrap around seating design.  We were able to get a nice view towards home plate. 

After spending about 3 minutes in our actual seats, we made our way down to the dugout areas.  There was a small crowd getting autographs from a player who was just called up from the minors.  We sat down about 5 rows from the field, to the right of the Nats dugout, on the third base line.  We soon got kicked out, but we realized that the nationals only checked tickets of people who were sitting on seats with cushions.  We then moved to the first base line, and sat in the first two seats without cushions, about directly behind the first base dugout, 10 rows back from the field.  We had a great view of the game, which included a pitching gem by Erik Bedard of the Orioles [12 Ks, 1 run, in 7 innings].  The Orioles had a firm command of the game until they took out Bedard, after which their bullpen lost the game.  It was a pretty exciting finish, and we got it all on video [to the right].

After the game, Neal noticed that they were letting people on the field.  It turned out that this was only for kids 12 and younger, but we managed to get our way down there too [we didn’t run the bases, that was reserved for the kids].  It was fun, and we were both impressed by the friendliness in RFK.  We took the subway back to Foggy bottom and grabbed a bite to eat before heading back home.  First, however, we stopped at the Washington Monument for about 15 minutes, just to take in a quick view of our Nation’s capital. After some traffic in the Delaware area, we got home at around midnight… and went to sleep!