12 Reasons To Love The Washington Nationals

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NATIONALS ARE WALK OFF WINNERS The Washington Nationals opened their new ballpark with a bang the Nationals face the Atlanta Braves on March 30 2008 It When they moved to Washington in was the season opener From the 2005 the Nationals played at RFK top of the upper deck fans could Stadium It was a drab old building see the Capitol dome That left no that had seen better days In recent doubt that this was Washington's years it had been used mainly for stadium President George W Bush football and soccer was at the game He threw out the ceremonial first pitch In 2008 the Nationals moved into Nationals Park They finally had a ballpark to call their own A sellout crowd poured The crowd had plenty to cheer about right away The Nationals took a 2 0 lead in the first inning They led 2 1 going into the ninth inning But then Atlanta tied the game in to see Nationals Park before the Nationals 2008 home opener