Stephen Strasburg makes his minor league debut for Harrisburg April 11 at Altoona.
Best of all, the Nats are conveniently playing away from home that day. And at just about 175 miles from Washington, D.C. to Altoona, PA, it'll make for a nice Sunday drive (game starts at 2).
As of this morning, plenty of good seats still available...
Good for the Nationals for showing restraint and *not* starting Baseball Jesus against the Red Sox on Saturday at Nationals Park. See you at Nationals Park on June 5 or June 10, Jesus?
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From the side of i-99, it looks like a pretty nice place to see a ballgame, despite being in Altoona. The other redeeming quality of that town is it is the birthplace of what the locals call "Sheetz's."
Posted by: WFY | March 30, 2010 at 08:13 AM
Altoona is beautiful this time of year, I hear... "Sheetz's"? Dare I ask (or google it)?
Posted by: The Nationals Enquirer | March 30, 2010 at 08:43 AM
Like most of Pennsylvania, Altoona is overcast most of the year. Maybe its better in summer like State College.
They add an apostrophe "s" to Sheetz, the excellent convenience store/gas station chain. Why do they add the apostrophe? Because it belonged to old man Sheetz.
Posted by: WFY | March 30, 2010 at 09:43 AM
We bit. We'll be there.
The customer service guy said the team hotel is the Ramada.
Posted by: Craig | March 30, 2010 at 10:14 AM
hope to be there too, Craig...and Strasburg will be checked in at the Ramada under the alias: "Baseball Jesus".
(oh, and thanks for the Sheetz's explanation, WFY)
Posted by: The Nationals Enquirer | March 30, 2010 at 10:56 AM