First baseball game of year
So, it might not be the real opening day, but Dan, Jeff, and I went to the "Battle of the Beltway" exhibition game this evening to see the Orioles take on the Nationals. The Orioles won, 9-5. (And, for Dan, the official attendance was 18,442.)
Despite the weak attempt at creating a rivalry, honestly I didn't really anything of the sort. I mean, the teams play in different divisions, so they really don't play each other that often. Besides, there's no history, unlike, say, that between the Yankees and the Red Sox or the Cubs and the Cardinals. Most importantly, as Boswell pointed out today, the teams really should just unite against their common enemy.
And anyway, the real story tonight was how well Kris Benson pitched just one day after his wife filed for divorce.
2 comments:
Two points: One, you can't really expect an exhibition game to be indictive of a rivalry. And the rivalry will be good for both teams... It'll give them something to play once they're out of the race in their own divisions.
Second, it should be no surprise that Kris Benson is less stressed out when that particular wife divorced him.
Did Boswell go to any Nats games last year? Sure, a few fans belted out the "Ohhhhhh" in the national anthem at the first couple games, and they were loudly booed. The "Ohhhhhs" stopped for the most part pretty quickly.
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