Comparative dates on which the Nationals notched their 27th win, each season:
2012 - 25th May (45th match of season)
2013 - 28th May (52nd match)
2005 - 31st May (52nd match)
2010 - 4th June (56th match)
2006 - 7th June (60th match)
2011 - 7th June (61st match)
2007 - 12th June (64th match)
2008 - 13th June (69th match)
2009 - 21st July (93rd match)*
*Six matches after the All-Star break and snapping a 6-match losing streak - yes the 2009 Nats were THAT bad.
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The big attendances we had on this now-completed homestand have pushed the season average to 33,410 - by far the best ever at Nats Park but also just 318/fixture short of 2005's all-time record of 33,728 - a new attendance record is well within reach.
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It would sometimes help if I took my own advice...I really can't do rain delays on work nights (I go into work early and most of the transit in my area knocks off after 23.00 - I routinely observe a 22.30 curfew for weeknight matches), and it would have helped if I had checked the weather before heading out (in fact I really can't do them at all - with the attendances we've been pulling there's not much room in the 300's for just standing round for hours)...it looked OK when I left my place just before 18.00 but of course once I got to the ballpark it started up (TAKE YOUR OWN ADVICE CHELSEA AND CHECK THE WEATHER FIRST!!!)
...although I do think the stewards are a bit inflexible about getting everyone out of the rain and out of their seats - I've sat through DC United matches with harder rain than that. But what really steams me is the nearly $10 I wasted on the transit last night.
Luckily I got home in time with 10min to spare and caught the whole match on the radio.
