National's Park,

The Nationals game was lots of fun! They had a great year and as we know now are going to make the playoffs and are one of the best teams in all of baseball. Their park was alright. It was a typical major league ballpark. nothing too exciting although it was nice.The sight lines were not the best with some that were poor where you couldn't see parts of the field due to obstructions It didn't exactly fit in with the rest of Washington. It would've been absolutely awesome if the building was all white marble, limestone and granite like the other main buildings in DC but sadly I can only dream. Outside the main entrance which was home plate they have years laid out on the sidewalk with significant years for the game of baseball in Washington DC, which was a very neat idea of how to celebrate the history. Beside the large year made of brick placed into the concrete was a plaque explaining the significance of the year with year wrapped displayed again on a pole but wrapped around a large baseball and the plaque was located just under the baseball. 

The second level concourse is better than the first one minus being able to walk all the way around and behind home plate. Behind right field on the second concourse is the Shake Shack. This line was incredibly long all game long even when it started to rain. I heard that the food was wonderful, however I didn't feel like missing 30-45 minutes of watching the game to get food from it. but there is a very open area up there with nice chairs that sit on astroturf grass for people to talk and have a good time. The area also has some nice plants and white Christmas lights hanging for a better aura.The area was also covered by large triangles of canvas which was another nice touch. In center field there is a rooftop bar called the red loft. It is a round bar and open with a slight bird's eye view of the field. I thought it was a neat idea. There are a few statues in center field but none really worth noting. I did like that the parking garages in center field were lined on the outside with silver colored baseballs for decoration. 

The stadium's main concourse is very open and at most points you can see the playing field while walking around. They have a wall on the concourse laying out the history of professional baseball in Washington DC which was very interesting. It talked a lot about the Senators as well as the Negro League's Homestead Gray's. 

The game was a good one. The Nats were playing the Giants and it was enjoyable for me because the Nationals got out to a big early lead and never looked back. The Nationals beat up on 2 time NL CY award winner Tim Lincecum and got great pitching from Jordan Zimmerman who is becoming a very good pitcher. Whenever a Nats' pitcher gets two strikes on a hitter an organ player or a soundtrack played some sort of weird and or ominous music, but it was a different, yet familiar tune each time which was really unique. The game had a fairly lengthy rain delay in the 7th inning and I was convinced that they would just call it and the game would be over because the teams played the next morning at 11 am (due to the 4th of July events) which is an extremely rare local time for a major league game to be played. However, they did resume play and the Nats closed it out and they still had the fireworks show after the game which was also quite enjoyable.