(Quick! Someone call the DC fire department! Wait, nevermind: that's just the Nats' pregame player introductions. Screen grab of TV/MASN.)
"We had some opportunities. We didn't come through. All in all, we got the season started. The festivities on opening day were grand. Unfortunately, we were on the wrong side."
(Jayson Werth, via The Goessling Game/MASNSports.com, 3/31/2011)
Braves 2, Nationals 0: Opening Day dud. Livo good, Lowe better. Nats had a few opportunities, but didn't come through.
Raise your hand if you'll take a clean Opening Day loss to the Braves on a miserably cold and damp day to last year's debacle against the Phillies.
Love the defense; but where's the offense?
Memo to the Nationals: Lose the smoke machine and fire cannons during pregame intros. Is this an NFL game, or a Nats game?
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A loss is a loss.
Posted by: @NatsPhaseTwo | March 31, 2011 at 09:19 PM
Indeed. But a loss with a smoke machine and fire show is an impressive loss.
Posted by: Nationals Enquirer | March 31, 2011 at 09:39 PM
Watched it on teevee. Couldn't tell for sure, but the applause for the introductions seemed pretty muted. Guess the smoke machine and fire cannons weren't enough to get the crowd fired up.
Posted by: bdrube | March 31, 2011 at 09:50 PM
the intros were at 12:25 and the stands were almost empty, which made for the muted applause.
Posted by: Dave at Nats News Network | March 31, 2011 at 11:55 PM
I hope I'm not alone in thinking whoever did the player introductions was terrible.
Posted by: xlynwoodx | April 01, 2011 at 12:41 AM