Open Night Barves at The Nationals

With a sell-out crowd at there new ball park and President Bush throwing the ceromony opening pitch,The Nationals topped of a historic evening for them when Ryan Zimmerman christened Nationals Park with a game-winning home run in the bottom of the ninth inning, giving the Nats a 3-2 victory over the Braves on opening night.The Nationals went 1- 0 in the 1st inning with Cristian Guzman scoring after a double by Nick Johnson.Austin Kearns singled to right field allowing Johnson in to make it 2-0 with 1 inning gone.The Braves struck back in the 4th when Chipper Jones homered to left center.Going into the 9th and 2-1 up The Braves tied the ballgame the tying run scored on a passed ball charged to Paul Lo Duca.Just as the crowd at Nationals Park sensed this game might drag on a while, Zimmerman brought the proceedings to an abrupt halt. He drove a 1-0 fastball from sidearmer Peter Moylan over the fence for his fourth career walk-off homer, and the Nationals beat the Braves 3-2.

The New Nationals Ball Park

A small documentary on the new Washington Nationals Ball Park

Well folks tonites the nite for all us Baseball Freaks,As the new season starts at the Washington Nationals new Nationals Park stadium.The Nationals host The Atlanta Braves in what is the 1st game of the new season.After a fly over of the new 41,888-seat ballpark by F-16 bombers from the 121st Fighter Squadron of the D.C. Air National Guard.,President George W Bush will pop the 1st pitch into the mitt of the Nats' manager.Then the serious stuf begins.

Pitching tonite for the Nationals is left-hander Odalis Perez, The 30-year-old, originally a Brave wasn't even signed by the Nats to a Minor League contract until Feb. 19 -- after Spring Training had already begun. Now here he is taking the ball on a historic Opening Night."That's history, to be the first guy to pitch at the stadium," Perez said. "It's a great feeling for me to be able to throw the first pitch.
"I was just trying to make the team," Perez added, "and [being the Opening Night starter] never crossed my mind. Now I'm getting this opportunity that a lot of people wanted."

Pitching for the Braves is Tim Hudson in what is his fifth Opening Day assignment of his career."Pitching any Opening Day is special for anybody," said Hudson, who pitched a 1-0 gem against Seattle to open the 2003 season for Oakland, but has no-decisions in his other Opening Day starts. "Being in the nation's capital with a new stadium, there's a lot of excitement there.
"You can always say you're the first team to play there and I can say I was one of the first pitchers to throw some pitches in the stadium."

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