The Nats Thread

Julian, wrote:
It depends if someone is doing it as an intentional throwback

in that case its not idiotic? what are you saying other than predictable off topic blathering on about my family?

I mowed the lawn yesterday fyi.

Hutch wrote:
nice to see Span back


what are thoughts/general thinking on wearing an Expos cap? is it cool, dorky, irrelevant or idiotic?


technically it is the same franchise and I always liked the Expos a lot…..

I don't mind it. I went to the game on Saturday and there was a row of a few Phillies fans sitting in front of us. Some of the people were nice and giggled whenever I booed when they clapped. There was other fans at the end of the row rooting very loudly for the Phillies WHILE wearing Islanders gear and screaming "NATS SUCK" and "CAPS SUCK" so, naturally, I just told them that their teams suck and they should go back to their trash state of New Jersey. They didn't take too kindly to it, but the Nats faithful joined me in booing them whenever they said anything. I'm all for friendly banter between opposing team fans, but man, some people can truly be obnoxious. Of course it was the one game we lost the Phils too lol. Damn it.

DeathFromAbove1979 wrote:
Some of the people were nice and giggled whenever I booed when they clapped. There was other fans at the end of the row rooting very loudly for the Phillies WHILE wearing Islanders gear and screaming "NATS SUCK" and "CAPS SUCK" so, naturally, I just told them that their teams suck and they should go back to their trash state of New Jersey. They didn't take too kindly to it, but the Nats faithful joined me in booing them whenever they said anything.

I know I have been reading /r/ThatHappened on reddit for too long that I was honestly awaiting people audibly gasping at your clever retort to them, people bursting into applause, and someone giving you $100 to buy beer.

I just don't understand why home team fans let people like that scream for hours on end. There were people with kids and stuff around. I'm not gonna scream "Hey dude fuck off" or be like "shut up" because at the end of the day it is a sports event… but it's just super obnoxious. It's bad enough that DC fans barely cheer, but they pretty much get walked all over unless it's a Redskins game. Even then, if the Skins are losing, the fans are pretty much out of it. At least they stand up against opposing team fans. Same thing happened at the Caps game last week. Surrounded by Caps fans and the most audible ones were the 4 Islanders fans in our section.

Phillies fans are the worst..

I remember the season opener a few years ago where the Nats organization advertised tikets in the Philly area and there were buses and everything organized to bring the Phillies fans… they took over the stadium! they were booing loudly when Ryan Z. was getting the silver slugger award.. they were smoking cigs in plain view… I mean it was ridiculous

Not to mention if it was a bobblehead game against the Phils, they'd rip the heads off and throw them on the field. They are all trash.

Any who, good to see the Nats bats waking up!

can we start a kickstarter campaign to send DFA1979 and hutch on a date to the next nats home series vs. the phillies? i'll donate at least enough for a couple of beers for you guys.

Carlos wrote:
can we start a kickstarter campaign to send DFA1979 and hutch on a date to the next nats home series vs. the phillies? i'll donate at least enough for a couple of beers for you guys.

I'll kick in if Hutch wears a Harper jersey.

Carlos wrote:
can we start a kickstarter campaign to send DFA1979 and hutch on a date to the next nats home series vs. the phillies? i'll donate at least enough for a couple of beers for you guys.

I'll throw in $$ towards this. Hutch and DFA1979 in a small, contained geographic area? Worth it.

Julian, wrote:

Carlos wrote:
can we start a kickstarter campaign to send DFA1979 and hutch on a date to the next nats home series vs. the phillies? i'll donate at least enough for a couple of beers for you guys.

I'll throw in $$ towards this. Hutch and DFA1979 in a small, contained geographic area? Worth it.

Aw, man.

I don't go to phillies games….to be honest these days I don't get to many games due to the kids… I"ll be at one of the Dodgers-Nats games though…

Hutch wrote:
I don't go to phillies games….to be honest these days I don't get to many games due to the kids… I"ll be at one of the Dodgers-Nats games though…

I can see using "I have kids" as an excuse to attend less concerts. I do that myself.

But using "I have kids" as an excuse for attending fewer baseball games? How does that work?  ???

Space wrote:

Hutch wrote:
I don't go to phillies games….to be honest these days I don't get to many games due to the kids… I"ll be at one of the Dodgers-Nats games though…

I can see using "I have kids" as an excuse to attend less concerts. I do that myself.

But using "I have kids" as an excuse for attending fewer baseball games? How does that work?  ???

huh…its hard for me to get to the balpark by 7…..and then by the time i get home its real late and i'm cashed out…

concerts are a breeze comparatively plus i get back so much more…i can be around for dinner and hang out with my kids..put them to bed..

i found when i didn't have kids i was going to about 20 games a year…since i've had kids i've gone to but a few.. moving from dc to arlington explains part of it..

also i didn't used to have tv for like a decade… now i got tons of sports and baseball on.. i like to relax and watch some after the kids have gone to bed

as far as taking the kids on weekends.. we take them to one or two games a year… its usually a huge painful production…is taking 2 and 4 year olds to games really worth it? i see other parents doing it and they all seem to be leaving by the 5th inning…

so there you go..

Got wrote:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/dc-sports-bog/wp/2015/04/21/biggest-error-of-the-nationals-season-dumping-chuck-browns-bustin-loose/

Smh. This was a cool "hey it's a DC sports team thing" thing and of course they'd get rid of it. Their response was it's still in the rotation. Sheesh.

Got wrote:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/dc-sports-bog/wp/2015/04/21/biggest-error-of-the-nationals-season-dumping-chuck-browns-bustin-loose/

Do they still play Waiting Room at the home games of the Landover NFL franchise?

Hutch wrote:

Space wrote:

Hutch wrote:
I don't go to phillies games….to be honest these days I don't get to many games due to the kids… I"ll be at one of the Dodgers-Nats games though…

I can see using "I have kids" as an excuse to attend less concerts. I do that myself.

But using "I have kids" as an excuse for attending fewer baseball games? How does that work?  ???

huh…its hard for me to get to the balpark by 7…..and then by the time i get home its real late and i'm cashed out…

concerts are a breeze comparatively plus i get back so much more…i can be around for dinner and hang out with my kids..put them to bed..

i found when i didn't have kids i was going to about 20 games a year…since i've had kids i've gone to but a few.. moving from dc to arlington explains part of it..

also i didn't used to have tv for like a decade… now i got tons of sports and baseball on.. i like to relax and watch some after the kids have gone to bed

as far as taking the kids on weekends.. we take them to one or two games a year… its usually a huge painful production…is taking 2 and 4 year olds to games really worth it? i see other parents doing it and they all seem to be leaving by the 5th inning…

so there you go..

All very good points. No doubt you'll go to more games as the kids get older. Assuming the develop an interest in going.

For the two to for year old set, there's always Sunday games with kids run the bases, the playground area, and feeding them lots of snacks.

anyone still watching this?

Carlos wrote:
anyone still watching this?

one of my best friends is a Braves fan, he's drunk, and he's blowing up my phone with texts about "motherfucking Dan uggla".

I was watching…what a huge HR…now to hold on..