On Yankees "fans"

Tonight the Evil Empire came to DC to take on the Washington "just got swept in a four game series verses the Rockies" Nationals. Officials at RFK are expecting a series sellout. I was there tonight, with all the Yankees "fans," you know, those sheeple who root for a team because it wins a lot, those who have never set foot in Yankee Stadium.

Tonight's was a good game, with the sole exceptions of Gary "last year was a fluke" Majewski and Frank "I don't want to hurt his feelings" Robinson, the latter choosing to lift Jon "I struck out both Yankees I faced" Rauch for Majewski, who promptly gave up a bunch of hits and walked in the tying run. Sure, Chief Cordero gave up a bomb to lose the game, but the real damage was all Majewski's doing.

Yankees fans are the most obnoxious on the planet. I have now seen the team play three times, including once at Fenway and once in Oakland. At Fenway they had to delay the game because of a huge brawl in the rightfield stands. At the Oakland game I watched security escort some Yankees fans out of the ballpark. Had RFK been anywhere else, the obnoxious group in the section next to us would have been escorted out, too. One guy thought it cool to continuously flip off Nats fans throughout the game. He and his drunken girlfriend did not look old enough to drink, yet they had beers stuck to their hands the entire night. And what is it about Yankees fans that makes them think they should take off their Jeter/Rodriguez shirts and wave them around? They've done the shirt thing in all three of the games I've seen them.

It was a beautiful site to see a full stadium, the biggest crowd ever to see the Nats play at RFK, but half of them had on New York garb. I had forgotten how much fun it is to be in a packed ballpark, a park with nearly 45K screaming, clapping, chanting, stomping people rumbling the place, sometimes so loudly that you can't hear the person next to you. It was fun to boo A-Rod, Giambi, and Traitor Johnny every time they came to the plate, and it was fun to chant "Yankees suck" as it thundered through the stadium. All in all, I hadn't had that much fun at a baseball game in a long time.

Every time I go to a Nats game (I've been to 12 this year so far), my eyes constantly wander over to the MLB.com scoreboard to check on the Reds. I was horrified to see today's score. When is Pickle going to be dropped from the rotation?

This is the first of my four stadiums in ten days tour. I will be in NYC next week to see the Reds play the Mets at Shea, followed by a game to see the Evil Empire at the house that Ruth built, and stopping in Camden Yards to see the Nats take on the O's on my way back. Posting will be light starting Monday. And with that, I leave you with Dinger taking his stabs at Voodoo Albert in a dark alley.