The three fixtures of this Nats-Yankees series were the eighth, tenth, and eleventh-highest drawing matches in Nats Park history, and boosted our average attendance to 29,597/fixture. 592 better than the previous record set in 2008:
1 44,685 Saturday 20th August 2011 vs Phillies
2 42,331 Saturday 19th May 2012 vs Orioles [highest of 2012 to date]
3 41,985 Thursday 25th June 2009 vs Red Sox [highest of 2009]
4 41,918 Sunday 20th May 2012 vs Orioles
5 41,727 Sunday 21st August 2011 vs Phillies
6 41,530 Wednesday 24th June 2009 vs Red Sox
7 41,517 Tuesday 23rd June 2009 vs Red Sox
8 41,442 Sunday 17th June 2012 vs Yankees
9 41,406 Friday 15th June 2012 vs Yankees
10 41,290 Monday 5th April 2010 vs Phillies [season/home opener; highest of 2010]
11 41,287 Saturday 16th June 2012 vs Yankees
[pity the Yankees series didn't topple the Red Sox visits; better real Yankees fans than a bunch of fancy-pants-school politicals]
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THIS DAY AND TODAY WITH THE '05 OVERACHIEVERS: a couple of whuppings at Texas (8-1 on Friday 17th -
http://espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=250617113;; 7-4 on Saturday 18th -
http://espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=250618113) - and they didn't even have Josh Hamilton back then; record through 18th June 39-29.
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But even though today is an open date on the 2012 Nats fixture list, I would be remiss in not bringing up that today is the sixth anniversary of the WHO'S YOUR DADDY Fathers' Day win over the Yankees:
http://espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=260618120
