We left Philadelphia this morning for Washington, DC with the primary
intention of seeing the Nationals host the Florida Marlins. Good to
get the boys to DC before the city self destructs. Or maybe it
already has? Anyway, after lunch we did a nearly four hour
introductory walk of the east end of the city. Those pictures should
be posted Wednesday night.

Tonight was game six of our Baseball Tour 2011. Our final game was an
11-2 blowout of the Nationals by the Marlins. It had some great
hitting and pitching by the Marlins (a three hitter) and some terrible
pitching and no hitting by the Nationals.

As I mentioned at the beginning of this trip, I purchased all of the
tickets online before our departure. Tonight’s seats were Row D but I
was unaware that Row D in our section is the first row behind the
visitor’s dugout. So in spite of some row fours and fives in other
stadiums on this trip, these were our closest seats as demonstrated by
a few of the pictures. And between being there two hours before game
time to witness batting practice and our first row seats, Ryan and
Logan walked away with five major league baseballs.

So concludes the games of our second tour. With only two years under
our belts, we have seen twelve games in seven cities for 108 innings
without a postponement or even a rain delay, have seen a nine run
inning, a grand slam and a three run homer in the same inning, a fan
on the field, ejections, a three hitter, great plays, lousy plays, a
praying mantis on a hat and many more potential memories. And the
boys have garnered a mere 11 baseballs for their memorabilia
collection. I’m still 0 for 62 years.

Thanks for following us. A little on our tour of Washington tomorrow.