The game got stopped during the 4th innings when a massive storm hit and rain started pouring down and lightning looked like it was going to hit the field. Everyone was told to leave their seats and to shelter inside which caused a bit of panic! Eventually the rain stopped and play continued even though the lightening storm was still lighting up the sky.
Our friend Matt that we were with, knows one of the new Nationals players, 3rd baseman Jerry Hairston Jr (his best childhood friend was room mates with Jerry at college) so he's met him a few times and was trying to get us in to see the players. This backfired though when Hairston threw a massive strop in the game and got kicked off the field!
Our friend also spotted Tanner Cooley, the brother of the Washington Redskins player Chris Cooley sitting a few rows in front of us. When he walked past our seats, Matt yelled out 'Hey Tanner' to him and he said 'Hey guys' back to us which made us all giggle! I don't really know what he does and how Matt recognised him but I found this article about him.
I think watching baseball is my favourite way to spend warm Friday nights, sitting about chatting to friends and eating hot dogs. It also helped that the Nationals actually won the game!
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