Report from the road complete: Nats farm team does justice to the parent club, and more importantly its stadium does too.<\/p>\n
In a word, yes, the new ballpark of the Fredericksburg Nationals trumps the club’s previous home by a 500-foot dinger. Though that’s a little like saying the reliever coming in is a better pitcher than Charlie Brown.<\/p>\n
From the worst minor-league park I’ve ever been to (that was the one in Woodbridge) to one of the nicest, Virginia Credit Union Stadium in Fredericksburg is Single-A baseball with Northern Virginia money. The old park was expensive and crappy; this one is expensive and nice. Home run seats in a Single-A park? That’s a nice touch. Playground? Classy dining area? Historical exhibit? All swell. They didn’t take any chances, but they didn’t screw up anything either.<\/p>\n
My favorite part of the game Wednesday was getting to go with my son. I’d been to plenty of those kid-friendly morning starts in my life, but always solo as an awkward grownup. This time I was an awkward grownup\u00a0with<\/em> my son. That’s less awkward somehow.<\/p>\n As unawkward as a geeky math teacher from the suburbs can get.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Report from the road complete: Nats farm team does justice to the parent club, and more importantly its stadium does too. In a word, yes, the new ballpark of the Fredericksburg Nationals trumps the club’s previous home by a 500-foot … Continue reading