I finally made it to a Nationals game on Saturday. I was expecting RFK to be a poor place to watch a baseball game, which is one of the reasons that I have waited so long to take in a game. The seats we had in the 200 section were great. They were about 100 feet back from third base. Close enough to Byrd accidentally knock over an Umpire and Ohka turn his back on Frank Robinson. Close enough to read the names of the base-runners jerseys’. Not close enough to get a foul ball, although they hit ten rows up and ten rows down from us.
It looks like all of the seats in the 100, 200, and 300 sections will give you a good view of the game. The 400 and 500 sections are on a second tier and a bit further away, but the fans up there sounded to be having an even better time than I was.
Of course, it helped that the Nats won the game to pull with in a half game of the lead in the NL East. Sunday they completed a 3-game sweep of the Marlins to gain sole possession of first place!