they might have made the patio / deck between the two clubs bigger
At the grand opening, I'm pretty sure that I was in row 7 and put on a gorilla suit in the 7th inning, when it got cold. They put me on the jumbo-tron. There are only 6 rows now, and there were definitely many rows behind me, and no back wall with a sign. The people sitting behind me, complete strangers, helped me pull up the one-piece gorilla suit, when they saw what I was doing.
The GEICO Caveman sat in my row at the beginning of the game. He had gone to the field for the mascot race, but returned a few innings later and sat at the other end of my row. He saw me and waved me over. We had our arms around each other, waving, as I whispered to him, "I've been a lifelong GEICO subscriber."
After the game, fans were posing for pictures with me, including a gorgeous woman, who stood really close to me. Someone bought me a bottle of beer at the President's Club after the game. I had a big enough mouth-hole to drink it through the mask. Some guys, who slipped into that section and the clubhouse without tickets or badges, posted pictures on the Internet with me, which I posted on here in 2008.
The grand opening was on ESPN, so it has never been shown again on MASN, as far as I know. So I've never been able to see myself on the ESPN broadcast. I don't know if the broadcasters even mentioned seeing me. The GEICO Caveman walked down to the front of the section a few times to distract the opposing pitcher. He left early, before Ryan Zimmerman homered to win the game.
I never sat in that section again. It cost around $300; the section was not sold out, so they kept dropping the price online. The Nationals should have given me a free ticket to appear there again in the gorilla suit.
