Photo by Kevin Harber

So, earlier this morning, we did our best to get everyone amped up about a new season of Washington Nationals baseball. And, while we’re all excited to see if the Nats live up to the lofty predictions made by the population of Bristol, Conn., there’s one thing about the Nationals’ return to D.C. you might not be too thrilled about.

The beer.

Yes, while it’s true the the beer selection at Nationals Park has been expanded to include selections from Frederick, Md.-based Flying Dog Brewery—about as local as one can get for a beer company with the capacity to produce enough for a baseball stadium—it’s also among the most expensive in Major League Baseball. CNN Money surveyed concession prices at nearly every major league ballpark and found that, among the 26 teams that answered, the Nationals charge the most for a cold one, at an average of $8 for a 16-ounce pour.

Get to the stadium before the first pitch, and cheap domestic draughts are a Boomtown-like $5, but once the game gets going, drinking one’s way through nine innings becomes an expensive proposition. If you want cheap beer (and cheap baseball), you’ll have to try the Cleveland Indians, who want $4 for a 12-ounce cup, or the Arizona Diamondbacks, who offer 14 ounces for $4.

Only the New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, Toronto Blue Jays, and Tampa Bay Rays—all in the American League East—refused CNN Money’s survey. (In 2012, the Yankees charged $6 for an average 12-ounce beer, the same cost per ounce as what the Nationals now ask.)