(Home cookin' at Opening Day 2010 at Nationals Park April 5, 2010. Photo by Nationals Enquirer staff.)
The Nationals released their 2011 schedule last night, and Nats fans can rest a little easier knowing that Stan Kasten's favorite paying customers won't have the red carpet rolled out for them on Opening Day this time around.
Instead, the Nationals will open the 2011 season at home on Thursday, March 31 against the Braves. That means no Stan Kasten Express Party Bus from Philly on Opening Day, folks. No busloads of 20,000+ drunken goons from Philly. No booing and heckling the home team during Opening Day ceremonies. No "Let's Go Phillies!" chants. With all those tickets available now, shame on NatsTown if the game is anything short of a sellout.
Phillies fans will have to wait until April 12-14 to turn Nationals Park into Citizens Bank Park South for the first time in 2011. Stan Kasten will be waiting with open arms.
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20,000+ Drunken goons...you're a horse's behind!It's unfortunate that the best you can come up with is a stereotype. How small of you...What did you encounter? Perhaps a handful? So because a few Phillies fans joined the ranks of a few Nat's fans by displaying inappropriate behavior "ALL" of us who attended, behaved, supported our team and in the spirit of being a loyal fan booed yours, are goons...I take it back, you're not a horses behind...you're a pathetic horses behind! I apologize if your feelings got hurt...you should take your anger out on the management that keeps throwing a really bad team on the field and not on the loyal fans of another club.
Posted by: Not a Philly Goon | September 16, 2010 at 11:46 AM
This is a person from Washington who wrote this garbage. Just remember we are talking about the place with the most rude people who ever lived. So let him make his stupid comments, and ignore them.
Posted by: Richard Rhodes | January 23, 2011 at 08:12 PM
As a Phillies fan I am peeved that we won't be able to keep up our reputation as "the rudest people who ever lived". I guess Nationals Park will be empty on opening day because I doubt even the drunkest Washington fans will want to see the pathetic team the Nationals put out on the field. Good luck Nats. We'll be looking for you at the bottom of the standings again this year. 23 games out last year is pathetic ( I hope I was rude enough for you)
Posted by: Polite Phil | February 17, 2011 at 11:56 AM