Heather Posted April 2, 2007 Share Posted April 2, 2007 Baseball season has begun. Would there be any interest in a $20 Tuesday at RFK for some beer, hot dogs, peanuts, and mediocre baseball? Outfield seats are $7 and $5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jparrott Posted April 2, 2007 Share Posted April 2, 2007 You know, tailgating _is_ allowed in the RFK parking lots. Hmmm...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather Posted April 2, 2007 Author Share Posted April 2, 2007 Yeah, it is. I'd be happy to organize something like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crackers Posted April 2, 2007 Share Posted April 2, 2007 I'm game. We can also brown-bag it, but a tailgate sounds like more fun. Here is another thread with ideas for dining at and around RFK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jparrott Posted April 2, 2007 Share Posted April 2, 2007 In theory, only gas grills are allowed at the RFK parking lots. I've never seen that enforced, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antonio Burrell Posted April 2, 2007 Share Posted April 2, 2007 ohohohoh me to me to!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather Posted April 2, 2007 Author Share Posted April 2, 2007 Five dr.com members so far. Families are included, just so you know. If we get enough interest we be able to get a group rate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jparrott Posted April 2, 2007 Share Posted April 2, 2007 I'll bring some wine. Oh, do we need a date? Argh. Thursday? Enrique Gonzalez and Jerome Williams will be on the Maund. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather Posted April 2, 2007 Author Share Posted April 2, 2007 I'll bring some wine.Oh, do we need a date? Argh. Thursday? Enrique Gonzalez and Jerome Williams will be on the Maund. I'm thinking a little later in the month, when the weather warms up. Would more folks like a weeknight, or a weekend game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jparrott Posted April 2, 2007 Share Posted April 2, 2007 Ruh-roh. Thursday April 19th. 1:05PM v. Philadelphia Phillies. Serious hooky. Brunch tailgate. Happy hour afterward. Hmmm.... Oh and Heather--yeah, temps in the 30s forecast Thursday night. You're right. No good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barbara Posted April 2, 2007 Share Posted April 2, 2007 I'm thinking a little later in the month, when the weather warms up. Would more folks like a weeknight, or a weekend game?I'm up for this. I prefer a night game when the weather is warmer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm212 Posted April 2, 2007 Share Posted April 2, 2007 I'm thinking a little later in the month, when the weather warms up. Would more folks like a weeknight, or a weekend game?On the weekends, games probably start at 1, but during the week with a 7pm start we could do a tailgate that starts at 5. Based on that, during the week sounds better.Tailgate with cheap seats sounds like a plan. Just for kicks, I will throw out Friday night April 27th we are playing the Mets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather Posted April 2, 2007 Author Share Posted April 2, 2007 Ruh-roh. Thursday April 19th. 1:05PM v. Philadelphia Phillies. Serious hooky. Brunch tailgate. Happy hour afterward. Hmmm....Oh and Heather--yeah, temps in the 30s forecast Thursday night. You're right. No good. I have shivered through many an April night game. Not even a beer an inning helps. Brunch tailgate? Yeah, baby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jparrott Posted April 2, 2007 Share Posted April 2, 2007 Hey, two's a crowd, right? Unless Proposal Hell strikes me down or I head off to Kentucky that weekend, that 19th date sounds scrumdiddly-umptious. And we'll in all (i.e., 99.999999999%) certainty be able to walk up and buy tickets on the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Posted April 2, 2007 Share Posted April 2, 2007 Ruh-roh. Thursday April 19th. 1:05PM v. Philadelphia Phillies. Serious hooky. Brunch tailgate. Happy hour afterward. Hmmm....Oh and Heather--yeah, temps in the 30s forecast Thursday night. You're right. No good. I'm in, for whatever day, but that game sounds great. The Phillies are my team. Most of the Nats games I've been to the past 2 years have been Phillies games. I'll see if my husband wants to play hooky from work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather Posted April 2, 2007 Author Share Posted April 2, 2007 The most promising weeknight after the weather warms up, and after their long road trip, looks like 5/11 at 7:05 vs. Florida. I am in for the day game on the 19th, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crackers Posted April 2, 2007 Share Posted April 2, 2007 Oh, do we need a date? You probably don't, but I might. Do you have somebody in mind? I can only do an evening game during the week. 5/11 works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkduggins Posted April 2, 2007 Share Posted April 2, 2007 I'd be up for a night game during the week. May 11 looks good as a first outing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather Posted April 2, 2007 Author Share Posted April 2, 2007 Well, why don't we do it on 5/11? Post here or PM me if you'd like to go. Should we order a block of tickets, or buy them at the game? (Oh, and a big thank you for the retitling of the thread. Very classy.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crackers Posted April 2, 2007 Share Posted April 2, 2007 (why thank you! ) Group sales start at 25 people minimum, so that probably is not going to work. Tickets can be ordered on-line and printed at home, so no waiting in lines (if such a thing exists at a Nats game). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jparrott Posted April 2, 2007 Share Posted April 2, 2007 However, almost no games will sell out, so if you don't mind cheap seats, you can buy on day-of-game and then, no matter how many people, you can sit together. Just draw straws or ask the person who brings the chili wine to go get all the tickets. Oh, and I'm still up for doing the 19th (in addition) if people want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather Posted April 2, 2007 Author Share Posted April 2, 2007 However, almost no games will sell out, so if you don't mind cheap seats, you can buy on day-of-game and then, no matter how many people, you can sit together.Let's just get tickets the day of the game so that we can sit near each other. Tailgating on a weeknight is probably out of the question, though. Be forewarned, I usually bring a walkman so that I can listen to the game on the radio while watching (yes, I'm a big geek. I also keep score. ) , so my conversation will be limited to between innings.Please post here or send me a PM if you'd like to join us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooter Posted April 2, 2007 Share Posted April 2, 2007 If only the nats were good enough to be considered mediocre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather Posted April 2, 2007 Author Share Posted April 2, 2007 If everyone wants to, and could get to RFK in time, tailgating is not out of the question. I'd even volunteer to pick up some fried chicken, potato salad and cold beer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jparrott Posted April 2, 2007 Share Posted April 2, 2007 Tailgating on a weeknight is probably out of the question, though.You funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bookluvingbabe Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 However, almost no games will sell out, so if you don't mind cheap seats, you can buy on day-of-game and then, no matter how many people, you can sit together. Just draw straws or ask the person who brings the chili wine to go get all the tickets.Oh, and I'm still up for doing the 19th (in addition) if people want. Sigh...In-laws visiting and a husband who would never forgive me if BLBaby's first game was without him. (Our wedding recessional music was "Take Me Out to the Ballgame.". We're pretty geeky about bb too.) Jennifer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barbara Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 I'd like to listen to the radio, too, but everytime I listen to a game (as I did today) I am reminded of how very much I loath and detest Peter Angelos for firing Jon Miller. I learned to both love baseball and to listen to the games on the radio because of that man. Hey! I know what: Let's get the Nats to hire Miller away from the SF Giants! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielK Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 I should be able to make the 11th, but no good for the 19th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Troutman Posted April 6, 2007 Share Posted April 6, 2007 In theory, only gas grills are allowed at the RFK parking lots. I've never seen that enforced, though. Charcoal grills are allowed (or at least that rule isn't enforced there) in the grassy area in the back of lot 8, along the river. Those spots fill up fast, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather Posted April 6, 2007 Author Share Posted April 6, 2007 How would we coordinate several different cars/metro riders meeting up for a tailgate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jparrott Posted April 6, 2007 Share Posted April 6, 2007 Hmm. Last time I went to RFK we got there soon after the lots opened and parked in the lot that's the straight-on lot from the entrance from I-395N. Don't remember which lot that is, though. Seemed like a good spot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Posted April 6, 2007 Share Posted April 6, 2007 How would we coordinate several different cars/metro riders meeting up for a tailgate?cell phones? I live near the stadium, so I can bring anything last minute anyone may need. (I guess that's anything I can carry in a backpack, since I wouldn't be driving.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Posted April 6, 2007 Share Posted April 6, 2007 Hmm. Last time I went to RFK we got there soon after the lots opened and parked in the lot that's the straight-on lot from the entrance from I-395N. Don't remember which lot that is, though. Seemed like a good spot.I think that's lot 8, but I can't swear to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DameEdna Posted April 6, 2007 Share Posted April 6, 2007 This is the best RFK parking lot map I could find: click for map Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather Posted April 16, 2007 Author Share Posted April 16, 2007 Sadly, I am out for the day game this Thursday. 5/11 is still on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 Sadly, I am out for the day game this Thursday. 5/11 is still on.I'm afraid I may not make it either. I have work that's way overdue to be done, and either that or the book club meeting is going to have to go. Since the book club is first (and indoors!) and I'm nearly done with the book, it will be the game that I skip, unless I make great progress and am finished with this by Thursday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jparrott Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 Yeah, Thursday is right out for me as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather Posted April 17, 2007 Author Share Posted April 17, 2007 The weather is supposed to be bad that day anyway. At least that's what I'm telling myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jparrott Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 Argh. Can't do 5/11 either. Going to Louisville that day to sort out some whiskey (watch this space). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkduggins Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 I'm still interested in the 5/11 game. Let me know if I can bring anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather Posted April 17, 2007 Author Share Posted April 17, 2007 Washington Nationals, RFK Stadium 5/11, 7:05 PM: Heather crackers jparrott Barbara (+1?) hm212 DanielK Pat rkduggins Please post or PM me if you'd like to join us. We'll try to organize tailgating plans a little closer to the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuliettetheBrit Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 Well I will be there today... my friend is throwing the first pitch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather Posted May 7, 2007 Author Share Posted May 7, 2007 Thought I'd give this a bump...Who's still in? Here's the list right now: Washington Nationals, RFK Stadium 5/11, 7:05 PM: Heather crackers jparrott Barbara (+1?) hm212 DanielK Pat rkduggins Anyone else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielK Posted May 7, 2007 Share Posted May 7, 2007 Still in! I'll be coming via Metro from my office downtown, so bringing food for tailgating will be tricky, but I can stop at Cowgirl Creamery on the way over, if that suits everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm212 Posted May 7, 2007 Share Posted May 7, 2007 Still in!I'll be coming via Metro from my office. Same goes for me, but my office is in Bethesda. I will figure out something later in the week - Any requests. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crackers Posted May 7, 2007 Share Posted May 7, 2007 I will bring more beer, chips and dips, brownies (or some other chocolate delivery system.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Horoscope Posted May 7, 2007 Share Posted May 7, 2007 I was just checking on concessions at the Nats' A-Z Guide at http://washington.nationals.mlb.com/was/ballpark/guide.jsp (under A for Aramark) and it mentions Atman's Deli at 220. Is this the Baltimore Attman's Deli and is it better than the other concessions? (Going on the 18th for a game against the Orioles!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather Posted May 10, 2007 Author Share Posted May 10, 2007 Sadly, I am going to have to bail out of this event. We got a call from Emma's school yesterday (nice advance notice, huh? ) about an art show at her school at 6:30pm tomorrow. They are displaying three of her pieces from art class and she will be crushed if we don't go see them. So have a good time everyone, and I'll definitely suggest another outing to the ballpark later in the summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crackers Posted May 10, 2007 Share Posted May 10, 2007 Weather permitting (i.e. absent any expected rain delay) we have a bunch of people planning to tailgate in Lot 8 before tomorrow evening's game, and then sit en masse somewhere tbd. If the weather still looks iffy, we will make the decision before we head to the stadium, otherwise, 80 degrees and a breeze on a Friday evening sounds great for a baseball game. It's certainly not too late to join us. Post or send a PM if you can tailgate or come just for the game. crackers - beer, chips and dips, papergoods, brownies DanielK - cheese and cheese delivery product rkduggins- sandwich fixins, side salad/slaw, chocolate chip pecan cookies hm212 - something fruitish Pat - beer, pasta salad, deviled eggs Jacques Gastreaux + 1 - tbd Meaghan - tbd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crackers Posted May 12, 2007 Share Posted May 12, 2007 It was a great night for a ball game! Thanks to Heather, who came up with this idea! Perfect baseball weather - warm, dry with a nice breeze blowing across the cheap ($5) seats in the outfield. We watched the Nat's Shawn Hill pitch a genuine no-hitter through the first five innings, and the Nats went on to shut out Florida 6-0 with 15 hits. Way to win Nats! I managed to snag a prime tailgate parking space. Nine of us shared some very tasty food - including Pat's chicken legs, mac salad and deviled eggs, Jacques spicy wings from Bombay Curry Co., DanielK's cheese assortment from Cowgirl Creamery (that blue? whoa! - no wonder you didn't want to bring it home on the Metro - my van is faily fragrant right now), and hm212's exotic fruits. I brought some Dogfish Head and other iced down brewskis. I believe a couple of cigars were smoked, and there was a hot-dog or five consumed in the park too. Jacques also got to practice his peanut tossing. We need to do this again so Heather, Jake and rkduggins can join us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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