Well, the Washington Nationals are in spring training. I have bought a mini-plan of tickets, with wonderful seats right behind home plate, and I have even found another family with which to share the plan, so we’ll be going to 10 games this summer (which is about the right number for us to fit into our schedules).
I am ready for baseball.
And the Nationals are getting ready for baseball, too. There are daily reports from spring training: Alfonso Soriano, the star second baseman we acquired several weeks ago, might not agree to playing outfield. (He was acquired for his bat, after all.) We got a new pitcher, Pedro Astacio, who may or may not be ready to go when the season starts. My two favorite players, Brian Schneider and Chad Cordero, are playing in the World Baseball Classic.
Yet the status of our team remains somewhat in limbo, because Major League Baseball has not yet decided whether to accept the DC Council’s lease agreement. MLB has to know that this is the best they will get from this city council in this, the most attractive market that had no baseball team before 2005. Yet they drag their feet.
It drives me crazy. Well, at least I’ll see 10 games from section 417 this summer.
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