Taaaaaake me out to the ball game!

My dad came down from Delaware a few weeks ago on a sunny Sunday afternoon so we could check out the brand-spanking-new baseball stadium for the Washington Nationals. We had great season-ticket-holder seats – thanks to a friend of a friend – which afforded us a prime view, cushy seat backs and a private Ben's Chili Bowl vendor for the section (had we known about this last development, we would have bypassed the regular concession stand and avoided juggling our fully loaded half-smokes 'n beers up from level one).

It was a warm, sunshine-y day, which seemed like a great opportunity to break out the SLR camera. And so, the pics…





It was the Nationals' mascot's birthday, so YouDee – the University of Delaware's fightin' blue hen – was on hand to join in the party.




You know how I love the sunglass shot…





I submit that the Nationals have some of the best mascots ever. Here we have Abe:


And here's Teddy. I'm not entirely sure why he's eating his glasses chain.


Not sure if you can tell, but this outfielder is blowing a massive bubble.



A little warm-up action…




One last look!


This guy played us out of there...