I Wore the Wrong Hat!

Picture this:

My first week in DC. Free tickets to the Nationals game.

In my rush to get to the game on time, I didn't look to see who the Nationals were up against.

I put on my Nationals hat. Yes, I own a Nationals hat already. I bought it at a thrift store in Cincinnati about 4 years ago for a costume. I found it again right before deciding to move to DC. It was definitely a sign.

Got to the game. I see one person with a Red's hat on and shake it off because people often where Reds hats because it's "cool." Then I see two other people with hat's on and it dawns on me....

The Nationals are playing the Reds! And I'm wearing a Nationals hat!

It's ok, because I figured out what to do when I'm wearing the "other" team's apparel. I scream as loud as I can for the Reds, which I found out leads to:

• Dirty looks
• Awkward conversations with Nats fans
• Awkward conversations with Reds fans

Now, let me back up a little. I mentioned that we (my friend and I) got free tickets to this game. They weren't so much tickets as passes. Passes that allowed us to sit in any open seat. And, well, it's a Nationals game. There are a lot of open seats. Which means for the second time in 5 days I get to sit about 15 rows up from the dugout. For the first couple of innings. But we're not bound by any seats. So we go to the nice seats in center field. Where I can also scope out Drew Stubbs better. (I yelled out to him, he didn't look...shoot). Then we ended the game about 5 rows behind the Reds dugout. Talk about living the life. (P.S. the Reds won 2-1 with a nice double play from Phillips to Votto at the end).

After all that I had a conversation with God that went a little like this:

Dear God,

I have been able to smell the sweat of the baseball players but haven't met any yet. I can visualize a life of having awesome seats. Is this just a tease or is something going to come of this?

Love,

Marie Colette

Oh, and I almost forgot to mention. My friend that got us the passes also had us do a public service announcment about drinking responsibly. This was probably my big shot. I have no idea when and where it will play. Hopefully it will make me famous so that baseball players start blogs about trying to get a date with me.