Last night's announced attendance of 42,231 is second-highest in Nats Park history (must have sold some standing room since that's about 600-700 over stated capacity).
Nats weren't the only local side to lose yesterday: Mystics dropped their home opener to the Chicago Sky, 69-57 (and I mean DROPPED - turnovers out the wazoo).
Only the soccer teams saved the day - DC United beat Toronto 3-1 at RFK, and DC United Women blanked Virginia Beach 2-nil at the Maryland SoccerPlex.
Four local teams, all at home on the same day, an aggregate 2-2...but the one for which expectations are highest laid another egg...they had better bring their 'A' game today.
I doubt if they had more than a few dozen no shows last night, it was packed, even the corners of the upper decks were filled, the standing room areas were five deep. My Dad went to the concessions lines a couple times and reported short lines, people were in their seats watching the game. I don't think I've ever seen such a big crowd at the end of the game, a small percentage left early but there wasn't the usual stream of people heading towards Metro over the last few innings. The crowd of people walking down South Capital was huge, I'm guessing that they were walking to another Metro station because the main one was overflowing. Easy traffic though, 20 minutes to my driveway on the far side of Alexandria.
