The Nationals had an exciting game last night, tying the Phillies in the bottom of the ninth and again in the tenth, then falling just short in the 14th. However, you wouldn’t know it from the Nats fans. We wrote about fairweather fans before, but this game was just sad – for one, a lot of people hit the exits as the 9th inning ended. So the Nats aren’t in the playoff hunt and the…

Outrageous prices for not-so great food — the issue of stadium concessions is pretty interesting. So interesting that Slate’s Daniel Engber wondered and found out what it’s like to be a beer vendor. Aside from in airports and on airplanes, where else can you be subjected to a limited number of relatively unappetizing, uncreative, unhealthy concoctions that are sold at unbelievably high prices? Even the July 2006 revamping of RFK Stadium and the new food…

This entry was written by DCist contributor Jeff Beam. Just another day at the office for the 2006 Nationals. After Monday’s much-needed day off, Tuesday was off to the races. By midday, the team had learned that Ryan Drese would be out four to six weeks, but would avoid season-ending surgery. By the late evening, when Gary Majewski was wrapping up a 10-3 victory in Philly, their GM was on the hot seat, and the…