There's No Cryin' in Baseball

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Enjoyed a spectacular day at the ballpark yesterday as Madeleine and Josephine watched the Nationals dominate the Dodgers, 10-4, at RFK. Fanatastic day for a game, sunny and a packed house (at least the lower bowl). The Nats looked great, full of energy, hustle and passion.

They also made me look like a baseball whiz (which I am not). Two friendly if unfamiliar fans next to us asked me early in the second inning who the best players were on the Nats. I told them Soriano was the biggest name, Nick Johnson was the most consistent and Ryan Zimmerman was the rookie with a lot of promise. At the end of the day, Soriano and Zimmerman had homered and Johnson nailed two homers. Thanks guys for the ego boost (and the great game).

Madeleine followed the game closely while her sister slept soundly through the first four innings, had a diaper change as the Dodgers had a pitching change and watched intently with a keen eye for the later innings (we left after the seventh).

Highlights of the day included a tasty salted pretzel and HUGE bucket of red and blue cotton candy for Madeleine, a spicy sausage and two beers for Dad, a sausage and bag of peanuts for mom (and some of Dad's beer), and "the usual" for Josephine.

ALSO of NOTE: Earlier in the day, Josephine set the world's record for taking to the bottle. She needed only one attempt to successfully draw milk and downed the entire bottle (which was half full) in about five minutes.