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OPENING NIGHT WAS ACTUALLY OKAY
Published 3/31/2008 at With Leather - Sports news and gossip for your impressionable young children
... First, the Nats unveiled the new Nationals Park (lots of photos here), which will be stadium's name for another two or three weeks until Tom Lerner gets a corporate sponsor to shell out the appropriate millions of dollars for naming rights.  Finally.  RFK may have once been a great place for football, but it is the single worst stadium for baseball that I've ever seen.  Plus the new park represents the first couple of acres on the Anacostia's banks in DC where it's actually unlikely you'll become the victim of violent crime. ...

Morning Constitutional: C. Ronaldo Has Fancy Feet
Published 3/31/2008 at The Sporting Blog
... | The Beautiful Game This isn't some "yay, it's fun to make fun of soccer" joke: I literally had no clue the MLS season opened over the weekend. > Welcome to Nationals Park | The Legend of Cecilio Guante Plenty of pretty photos from the Nationals new stadium. > ...

Nats Park Reviews
Published 3/31/2008 by Dan Steinberg at D.C. Sports Bog
... "To my dismay, there was a smattering of those who emphasized the "O" at that moment. Just knock it off people." Legend of Cecilio Guante: "This place rocks....Most of all, though, unlike RFK it feels like a ballpark. Two thumbs up." (With lots o' pics) By Dan Steinberg | March 31, 2008; 4:10 PM ET | Category: ...

Blog Patrol: LEGO Miller Park Is AWESOME
Published 3/31/2008 at FanIQ Blog
LEGO Miller Park is totally awesome, plus an interview with the guy who did it. [Home Run Derby] Anonymous cheap shots only come bloggers. And Miami Heat beat writers. [SPORTSbyBROOKS] A visual look at the new Nationals ballpark. [The Legend of Cecilio Guante] An opening day hypothetical: What if Ken Griffey Jr. had stayed healthy? Or had ever taken care of himself. [I'm Writing Sports] Odds are pretty good a robot is kicking your butt in the NCAA Tourney bracket. [Simon on ...

The Nationals' New Stadium Looks Rather Spiffy [Opening Day]
Published 3/31/2008 by Rick at Deadspin
... Park — but I wish I could have made it a third in D.C. on Sunday. There's nothing like that new-stadium smell; even the restrooms are minty fresh. Following the jump, a few photos from the Nationals' Opening Day, with guest appearances by our 16th President; a pretzel shaped as the letter W that actually looks like poop; and that mascot I hate more than any other, Screech the Eagle. Although on Sunday the costume was probably occupied by a Secret Service agent. Thanks to Pete Austin and Nats 320. ...

Morning Constitutional: C. Ronaldo Has Fancy Feet
Published 4/13/2008 at The Sporting Blog
... | The Beautiful Game This isn't some "yay, it's fun to make fun of soccer" joke: I literally had no clue the MLS season opened over the weekend. > Welcome to Nationals Park | The Legend of Cecilio Guante Plenty of pretty photos from the Nationals new stadium. > ...