(The Delmarva Shorebirds honored Jayson Werth with his own bobblehead night last June. No beard, of course. Image via Delmarva Shorebirds official website.)
The Nationals released details about 2011 promotions Friday night -- highlights include a Jayson Werth Bobblehead giveaway to 15,000 lucky fans on Saturday, July 30th vs. the Mets.
Thankfully the Nationals showed good sense in not scheduling Werth's big night for April 14th. That, of course, is the scheduled date of the next Phillies fan invasion of Nationals Park, courtesy of Phillies Nation.com and the Washington Nationals:
If the current pitching staff stays healthy, Cliff Lee should be on the mound for this game!
Our seats will be in right field again where we once cheered Jayson Werth.
The buses will leave from McFadden’s Ballpark at 1 PM but don’t forget about Kegs’n’Eggs starting at 10 AM where $10 gets you a breakfast buffet and your first pint of Miller LITE! ...
This will be a night game in April so dress warm, but we as Philadelphians certainly know how to party in the cold!
(via PhilliesNation.com)
Great! So the Nationals have conveniently blocked off a section in right field for Phillies fans to heckle Jayson Werth all night long, AND the hooligans will start getting liquored up at 10 AM in Philly for a 7:05 PM start? Who said Phillies fans would no longer feel welcome in Washington once Stan Kasten left town?
This is a call to arms, NatsTown. Buy your tickets to 4/14 now before the Phillies fans do...
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(re: "15,000 lucky fans on Saturday, June 30th vs. the Mets.")
You accidently wrote "June"... isn't the Jayson Werth bobblehead freebie on July 30th? Yes it is.
Posted by: Bob L. Head | February 19, 2011 at 01:33 AM
Fixed. Thanks. Sorry about that...
Posted by: The Nationals Enquirer | February 19, 2011 at 07:42 AM
Unbelievable. Why would Nationals sell those RF seats to those drunks?
Posted by: Anonandon | February 19, 2011 at 09:25 AM
Anonandon, because otherwise those seats would be primarily empty?
Posted by: J2 | February 21, 2011 at 01:58 PM
before nats fans buy tickets, you should know that strasburg isn't pitching...just thought you should know before you demand your refund
Posted by: troy | February 21, 2011 at 02:04 PM
"Unbelievable. Why would Nationals sell those RF seats to those drunks?
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Because money is a form of currency that Nationals Park accepts. Shocking, I know!
Posted by: TonyIsDynamic | February 21, 2011 at 02:30 PM
Boo hoo big bad Phillies fans and coming to Nats park. If anything, you guys should be thanking us fans that come there so you could afford Jayson Werth. If it weren't for Phillies fans buying up the tickets, there'd be no money to for free agents.
Posted by: Jason | February 21, 2011 at 03:21 PM
@Jason Okay then, when you put it that way: Thank you! Be sure to sample the $9 beers, too, while you're at it.
Look, our problem in this case is almost 100% location. That is, poor judgment by the Nationals to sell RF seats by the busload to Phillies fans for this game. Seats on top of Werth. It looks like a recipe for disaster (add the 10AM Kegs-N-Eggs kickoff to the day and it looks worse).
We're not suggesting tickets shouldn't be sold to busloads of Phillies fans or anything like that. We accept that fans travel - fans often travel by the busload. Hopefully Nationals fans show up to support the home team on this night.
Posted by: The Nationals Enquirer | February 21, 2011 at 04:05 PM
The Nats pay Werth a lot of money to deal with that sort of thing (it's not like right field at Citizens Bank is going to be empty) AND it's not like Nats fans are coming out in droves to fill up those seats anyhow, so my frustration with this issue (as a Nats fan) only goes so far.
That being said, it's pathetic how it has become common place for obnoxious drunks to ruin other fans' (of both home and away teams; Google search "Pukemon") enjoyment of the game. The disintegration of common decency is all to apparent at sporting events.
Posted by: Teddy R. | February 22, 2011 at 02:32 PM