Take me out to the ballgame!

After Brad accepted the fellowship offer from Dumbarton Oaks, he did three things right out of the gate: found us a place to live, bought an electric scooter, and bought baseball tickets.

He's a long-time Braves fan, but he's also just a fan of baseball, so he started scouting Nationals tickets. LO AND BEHOLD. The Braves were going to be in DC to play the Nats not even two weeks after we moved up. Kismet, y'all.

Root, root, root for the home team? Nah.

Brad's always and forever having to explain baseball things.

Our friend from undergrad, Amanda, joined us for the game! She and I care about the same amount for baseball, so we got caught up on life, while Brad and some other friends (the Crawfords) actually watched the Braves spank the Nats. Of note: Amanda and I were talking so enthusiastically that we completely missed a Braves batter get smashed in the eye socket by a pitch, the manager become LIVID with the ump, and then said manager be ejected from the game. Not one second of this did we see.

We didn't actually make it all the way to the end of the game (#kids), but we were able to watch the Braves do their thing, eat nachos, hang with friends, and generally really enjoy the experience. And, it was super fun to have seen the Nats play at home during the same season that they won their first World Series! 

Fun fact: the first year that Claire lived in Boston, the Red Sox won the World Series. Her first year living in Durham, Duke won the National Championship. Her first year living in DC, the Nats win the World Series. We're currently accepting bids from sports towns for our next big move.