Dolberry Doused in D.C.

Got to go to D.C. last week ... fun experience. Honors award ceremony was nice. Got to shake Lisa Jackson's hand. (Will post picture when I get it.) Afterward we were eating lunch outside at a restaurant on Pennsylvania Ave. when numerous Homeland Security cars came racing by w/ sirens blaring ... for the Holocaust shooting less than a mile away. (I seriously don't understand how somebody can hold that much hate for that long. At some point don't you have to find something better to do w/ your life.)

After checking into my hotel, rode the Metro over to the new Nationals Park to see the Reds play the Nats. Very cool place. Right along the Potomac.

Caught a lot of BP and caught a ball on a carom. Some pre-game pics of the park.



Not many people at the game ... maybe about 30% full. Got $29 tix on the street for $20. It was a hot day, but as game time approached it started to get darker and darker.


The Reds only got two hits through the first 7 innings, but fortunately one of them was a 2-run bomb from Jay Bruce. Even better, Aaron Harang was pitching a gem and the Reds led 2-0 going into the bottom of the 9th. It had been raining off and on since about the 4th, but it got serious by the end w/ lightning and torrential rain eventually chasing everyone off the field.


I stuck around for about 45 minutes, but because I had been up since 4:20a ... had a train ride back to the hotel (in Virginia) ... and an 8:30a meeting the next morning ... ... I decided to bail before the end of the rain delay. They started baseball again a little before midnight and the Reds blew the lead, only to win it in the 12th at 12:45a. Apparently, less than 100 fans were left at the game's end.

My meeting the next day was good and I got back home in time for a softball DH in which the second game was postponed due to lightning (that was about 30 miles away).

Busy week next week (big briefings on Mon and Thurs) ... then the travels continue: Louisville, Colorado, Emerald Isle. Should be fun. Life is good.