Nationals vs Marlins, Game 1

[mitlen]

Someone with a lot of spare time should figure out what percentage were looking at their phones. I was watching the game but two of my coworkers were caught on their phones.

I noticed that too.   It was even worse on the way to and from the game on public transportation.    Scan that photo referenced above and pick a section (this is in the middle of an inning).

[spidernat]

That crap is annoying. I had to tell my brother on the way home to stop freaking reading texts while driving. When you're stuck in traffic you need to freaking move when the light turns green not be too busy to go because you're texting. 

[OldChelsea]

Our home openers, ranked by attendance:

45,274 - 2013 vs Marlins (Monday)
43,618 - 2005 vs Diamondbacks (Thursday)
41,290 - 2010 vs Phillies (Monday)
40,907 - 2012 vs Reds (Thursday)
40,516 - 2006 vs Mets (Tuesday)
40,389 - 2007 vs Marlins (Monday)
40,386 - 2009 vs Phillies (Monday)
39,434 - 2008 vs Braves (Sunday - Nats Park debut)
39,055 - 2011 vs Braves (Thursday)

To get a bit of an idea of what it might be like tomorrow and Thursday, here are our 'second home matches of season' in order of attendance (2009's was rained out):

34,817 - 2005 vs Diamondbacks (Saturday)
29,986 - 2006 vs Mets (Wednesday)
27,240 - 2010 vs Phillies (Wednesday)
26,959 - 2012 vs Reds (Friday)
21,941 - 2011 vs Braves (Saturday)
21,212 - 2008 vs Marlins (Monday)
20,894 - 2007 vs Marlins (Tuesday)

...and our third home matches...

35,489 - 2012 vs Reds (Saturday)
35,224 - 2005 vs Diamondbacks (Sunday)
25,460 - 2006 vs Mets (Thursday)
24,342 - 2008 vs Marlins (Wednesday)
22,210 - 2011 vs Braves (Sunday)
20,494 - 2009 vs Phillies (Thursday)
20,217 - 2010 vs Phillies (Thursday)
18,835 - 2007 vs Marlins (Wednesday)

[imref]

today is the worst off day ever.

[tomterp]

So much better than Storen (so far).

Storen's never had a 1-2-3 save before?   

[nats2playoffs]

today is the worst off day ever.

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[RL04]

MASN repeats this game at:
Tuesday 7:00 pm and 11:30 pm and
Wednesday 7:00 am.

Thanks!

[GburgNatsFan]

With you on this.

That crap is annoying. I had to tell my brother on the way home to stop freaking reading texts while driving. When you're stuck in traffic you need to freaking move when the light turns green not be too busy to go because you're texting. 

[Tyler Durden]

That crap is annoying. I had to tell my brother on the way home to stop freaking reading texts while driving. When you're stuck in traffic you need to freaking move when the light turns green not be too busy to go because you're texting. 

As someone who commutes on a motorcycle, thank you.  Taht crap pisses me off. 

[mitlen]

As someone who commutes on a motorcycle, thank you.  Taht crap pisses me off. 

Oh yeah, gotta keep your head on a swivel.   I've seen some strange stuff on the bike.    At a light or at a constant speed ...  engage the clutch and rev the engine  ...  straight pipes.    Usually gets their attention.

[Tyler Durden]

Half the drivers on 66 are guilty of that crap.  I feel like they should massively increase fines to get people to stop texting while driving.  At least as much as HOV violations.

Looking forward to tomorrow's game.  Gio against Kevin Slowey.  Same deal as last game - just don't pitch to STanton, especially if there are runners on base. 

[PowerBoater69]

Driving boring without testing

[imref]

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/9122235/bryce-harper-stephen-strasburg-make-fun-opener-washington-nationals

WASHINGTON -- Just when it appears that Bryce Harper has it all figured out in his transition to the major leagues, he does something to remind everyone that he's 20 years old. Like airmailing a cutoff man. Or slapping hands in the dugout so hard after a home run trot, his manager and teammates have to remind him that the post-long ball celebration isn't a contact sport.

True, Harper looks foreboding in the batter's box, but he's still just a pup in need of some veteran guidance. After he hit his second home run in two at-bats against Miami's Ricky Nolasco on Monday, Nationals fans rose en masse to request a curtain call. Harper obliged, but only after asking teammate Chad Tracy for permission.

As ridiculous as that sounds in principle, keep in mind that Harper isn't all that far removed from asking his dad if he can borrow the car keys.

"I looked at Trace and said, 'Should I do this or not?'" Harper said. "I try to look at everybody and ask. And he was like, 'Get up there. Who cares?'"

It never gets old, watching a talented young ballplayer navigate the learning curve and realize his potential on the way to bigger and better things. As a sellout crowd at Nationals Park watched Harper and pitcher Stephen Strasburg put on a wondrous display of Opening Day baseball in a 2-0 victory over the Marlins, the thought had to cross everybody's mind: Are we in for an entertaining year, or what?

[varoadking]

With all or the other appropriate patriotic themes of the day, I confess that I truly missed having a fly-over on opening day...

[mitlen]

With all or the other appropriate patriotic themes of the day, I confess that I truly missed having a fly-over on opening day...

+1

Can't do a flyover but they send two B-2s non-stop from Missouri to Korea.   That impressed the hell out of Kim Jong Un.

[RL04]

MASN repeats this game at:
Tuesday 7:00 pm and 11:30 pm

No, the stupid Oreo game is on MASN.      

[PowerBoater69]

Nolasco saw a fly-over, two in fact

[varoadking]

Nolasco saw a fly-over, two in fact

I don't suspect he actually saw either of those...