WASHINGTON, D.C. - The final baseball stadium I visited in 2010 was Nationals Park, near the end of my August roadtrip to the nation's capital. The game was the first for Mike Quade as Chicago Cubs manager as Lou Piniella orted not to manage the remainder of the Cubs' season the day before. The visit to the park came near the end of four days in Washington and nearby Rosslyn, Virginia.
The stadium is one of the newest in the league and very well laid out. I would rank it ahead of Target Field, but the Nationals' lack of a storied lhistory takes away from the baseball atmosphere a bit. As with most Cubs road games, at least half of the crowd is wearing blue.
The seats I had were on the highest level, but with a great view of the U.S. Capital building and the Naval base on the Potomac River.
The Cubs beat the Nationals in Quade's first game as a manager, and Quade was named full-time manager after a successful two month stint as the interim boss. The race of the presidents in the middle of one of the innings was entertaining as I expected it to be. That is really the only thing that makes Washington unique.
Great park, clean, nice seats, real convenient. It just needs more of a baseball atmosphere.
Rank: 7 out of 10
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