In the most recent installment of baseball trips, (Tom) Geer and I took a 3 day jaunt to see the new stadium in Cincinnati + the new team in Washington DC (formerly the Montreal Expos).
The trip got off to a rocky start when a pretty nice day in Cincy turned gloomy. A pretty good downpour delayed the game for a couple hours but eventually they did get it started.
Maybe it would have been better as a rainout though as the Brewers blew yet another late lead and went down to the Reds.
The stadium was less than impressive. Tom and I had seen Cincy's old stadium years ago and it was an old hunk of cement. The new stadium is... a new hunk of cement. Not a terrible place to see a game by any means - and the ticket prices were awesome - but for a brand new stadium... it was lacking.
We were then off for a drive through the night to pick up an afternoon game in the nations capital. We arrived in time to take a 2 hour walking tour of the National Malls highlights before heading over to RFK stadium to see the Nationals take on the Cubs. This one had a better result than the night before as the Nationals took the Cubs down.
This stadium was also lacking but it has an excuse... it's a football field. Construction will start soon on a baseball stadium that should put this one to shame.
and there are a few more photos out here - including their version of the brat race (featuring former presidents)...
Anyway, another great trip. Next up: St Louis for the final series of the year against the Crew!
4 comments:
You're going to St. Louis to see the Brewers? When? We are going this weekend to see them!
Glad to hear you'll be down there this weekend - they could use the support!
We're not headed down until the last series of the whole year, so if you guys take care of the cheering this trip: we'll take the next one!
Great pics of D.C. from this trip. Did you see the Korean War Memorial?
We didn't get to - we did get to see the Vietnam Memorial though...
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