I made my first trip down to Nats Park this season (mainly to see Phat Albert (Pujols)) for the first time but also to enjoy the scene. And since 70% of the people who responded to my poll wanted me to post autos from other teams, here we go.
But not so fast; I am going to tie this post in with the O's. To start, here is my first Ray Knight auto on an O's card. I had his autograph on a Reds card but this card is what I prefer and since he does the MASN pre & post game show from Nats Park, it's not too hard to get his autograph at games.
Also, I got Willie Harris to sign my card. I already have his signature on an O's card but since he played 9 games for the O's in 2001, I can include him in my Orioles discussion.
I got Nationals players Elijah Dukes (on a card that shows some real emotion from a typically stoic guy) and Saul Rivera to sign my cards. I also just missed out on John Lannan & Jesus Flores. I also saw Austin Kearns & Shairon Martis signing for fans.
Chris Perez of the Cardinals also signed for me. I saw a few other Cardinals signing but didn't know who they were.
Here are some pictures from the stadium and the game:
I'm not the first person to blog about this but the new Nats statues look like they have weird tree-bark like bats & arms growing from them
JZ (Jordan Zimmermann) warming up pre-game
Albert didn't disappoint, going 3-4 on the night. He also hit a HR on this swing...
Point to the sky, Albert! You hit another one!
