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Tonight was the annual Stitch n Pitch event at the Washington Nationals ballpark. As luck would have it, it was a cross-town rivalry game because they were playing the Baltimore Orioles. (The O’s won, 2-1. But we left after the 8th inning, and didn’t know it at the time.)

Of course I had my camera with me and I snapped quite a few photos. Click the thumbnails to embiggen.

BoyZilla shows his support for Stitch n Pitch

Knitters in the Stitch n Pitch conference room. That’s Jane, a Rav friend on the left.

Yep, you can see my office from the Ballpark.

Even The Bird has to warm up before a game.

The presentation of the colors

O-oh say can you seeeeeee?

The Nats at Bat

And here’s the pitch…

My knitting enjoyed the ballgame immensely.

I got to Kinnear some knitters

Kinnearing again

This is Edith. She was sitting in the section across from me and I noticed the stunning shawl she was working on. She said it was in Vogue about 10 years ago.

Typical for Her Highness the Teen, the loudspeakers were, well, too loud.

But she perked up after a visit to the Build-a-Bear.

BoyZilla got his very own Nationals mascot, Screech. Note the miniature foam finger. Like boy, like bird.

This year, because the event was on a Saturday, we brought the kids along. BoyZilla got his one big wish… to have his very own foam finger! It was hard to keep a straight face when he said to the cashier, “This is my very first foam finger!” As if there will be many more. Wait, this is BoyZilla the Clown we’re talking about. Of course there will be more.

Her Highness the Teen had pretty much made up her mind that baseball was going to be boring, but by the 7th inning stretch was singing along to “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” with a smile on her face. Busted! She had a good time.

As for me, not much knitting got done. There’s so much to see at a baseball game, that I was too easily distracted by the sights and sounds all around me. Not to mention the smell of the Chili from Ben’s Chili Bowl. Ben’s is a famous Washington Landmark located next door to the historic Lincoln Theater in the famous U Street neighborhood. If you visit DC, you have to go here. Seriously. I’m glad they have stands at the ballpark to expand the tradition to so many others who might not experience it otherwise. Yeah, I had me a chili half smoke with cheese and onions. It was messy, and I had a big ol’ glob of chili on my nose when my friend Amy’s mom Ruth walked up to introduce herself to me. How embarrassing! I would have hugged her or something, had I not been completely coated in chili at the time, but man, that’s Murphy’s Law for you! Anyway, Ruth, if you’re reading this, it was lovely to meet you! (And that top you were wearing was Fabulous!)

The evening ended too early for me as always, and I already can’t wait for next year. Yay for Stitch n Pitch!

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