There was an older post on here around playoff time and I added a bunch of photos of my Nationals memorabilia that I've had framed since their first exhibition game against the Mets on March 2nd, 2005. I still need to get my program and game ticket from Bryce Harper's first professional game against the Dodgers signed and then my stash will be up to date (booked a last second flight from TX to Cali to see him play when he got called up last season).
The framing of my Nats memorabilia has easily cost me close to $10,000. I have a game ticket from their first exhibition game in 2005, first away game vs the Phils, and obviously their first home game against the Diamondbacks all together with the Opening Day program and Opening Day coin (ironically enough, I lived 10 minutes from the ball park where the D-Backs play, yet I came to DC to see the Nats for their first home game ever). My dad worked for the Washington Post at the time (blue collar - not a writer), so he got me some press plates from the Post (the front page of the sports page with the headline 'A Triumphant Return' and as well as the collectible poster press plate that says 'Baseball Returns'). Heck, I might be the only person with both the color poster framed that the Washington Post sent out as well as the press plate that the color poster was printed from.
I have the program from the last game played at RFK and the program from the first game played at Nats Stadium with the commemorative bat and rally towels from that day framed. I have a separate frame with the Opening Day ticket from the first game at Nats Park with the laynard they gave us (I won some last second lottery allowing me a chance to buy two seats together in the Presidential section for the game - my dad and I had a blast).
Think that covers everything... These items will be in my family forever I hope (my future wife doesn't seem to object to them as they are professionally done).
