On Saturday July 5, 2014, I attended the Nationals game vs the Chicago Cubs in DC. The game was a Performance T-Shirt give-a-way with a shirt going to the first 25,000 fans sponsored by McDonalds.
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| T-Shirt Give-A-Way Front |
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| T-Shirt Give-A-Way Back |
After entering the Stadium around the time the gate was opened I went to my favorite stand in Nationals Park, Box Frites (more information can be found in my April 27, 2014 post). Box Frites is located by the Scoreboard walk at the 200 level. This time I ordered the Cheddar Bacon Fries and the Blue Cheese Dog.
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| Cheddar Bacon Fries |
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| Blue Cheese Dog |
The Fries were about $9, and the dog was about $6 (I also got a bottomless souvenir soda at about $9...my total was around $25 with tax). The fires were awesome. I really enjoy the dips they allow you to get too. The Blue Cheese Dog was great...it was topped with carrots and celery. I think I prefer the BLT dog, but this one is just as good.
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| Scoreboard Walk Band Stage |
I was surprised to see what was on the Scoreboard Walk when I came in the stadium. There was actually live music, a cover band called Junkfood. They were playing all types of music from pop music, alternative rock, reggae and everything in between. The played till just about the start of the game (and Miller Lite was pushing their Happy Hour $6 beers too).
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| Junkfood Band |
After eating my food and hanging out in front of the stage a bit I wondered around the stadium and found some good freebies. I stopped by the MASN tent and got a free T-Shirt for showing them I followed them on Twitter and their recent post (the MASN tent was located in front of the escalators that lead to the Scoreboard Walk...typically this is where they set up if they are at the game).
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| Back of MASN Free T-Shirt |
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| Front of MASN Free T-Shirt |
After getting my free T-Shirt from MASN...I wondered to the Toyota tent which sets up on your left after you enter the Stadium via Center Field Gate. After filling out a piece of paper from Toyota they let you choose what item you want (in the past they have had Sun Tan Lotion, Sun Glasses, Key Chains...etc..). I picked the Nationals Draw String Bag (to throw all my freebies in...).
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| Toyota Nationals Draw String Bag (Freebie) |
So, after loading up on food, music, and a bunch of free swag, I went to my seats to catch the start of the game.
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| Panorama from Section 305 |
The pitchers for the game would be Gio Gonzalez for the Nationals and Carlos Villanueva for the Cubs (by the way...the Cubs pitcher has a ridiculous mustache which reminds me of the Natty Boh guy....). The Nationals scored first in the bottom of the 2nd with 1 run. The Nationals put on a hitting clinic in the bottom of the 3rd and added 6 more runs to their score. Unfortunately for Carlos Villanueva, the power of the stash wasn't helping. Nationals scored 2 more runs in the 6th inning and scored another 4 runs in the 7th inning.
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| View from Section 305 |
Gio Gonzalez pitched a great shutout game through 8 full innings earning 7 strikeouts. Craig Stammen pitched the 9th inning for the Nationals and also shutout the Cubs.
Nationals won 13-0 (with 19 Hits).
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