His Name is Dan Uggla!...

Saturday night Jeremy and I took our cousins, Quest, Kyle, and Chase, to a Marlins/Nationals game. We had a fantastic time.

First, we did the 45-minute drive to the Metro station...

(Here we are waiting to board the Metro.)


Then there was the 40-minute ride on the Metro:

(Here's Chase taking in the scenery in his Marlins gear!)


Then, the 20-minute walk to the stadium. Still, it beat trying to find and pay for parking at the game!

Once we got there, Chase got to meet Abe Lincoln, one of the presidents who races in the famed "Presidents Race" at every Nationals game.

Sadly, Abe did not win. He tried to showboat, and blew it at the end!

Nationals Park was great. It is a brand new stadium, just opened this year. It's not huge, like some baseball stadiums, which made it a bit cozier.


Everything still had that "new stadium feel," which was cool.


It was a bit weird cheering loudly against the home team. Thankfully, we were on the last row at the very top of the stadium, so no one could through things at us from behind!

Here was our view when we turned around (note the Washington Monument in the distance!):


The game was excellent. The very first pitch of the game, Cody Ross hit a home run! Shortly after that, Wes Helms hit another.

Then came Dan Uggla...

(Sadly, I did not take this picture!)

As of Sunday, Uggla has hit seven home runs in the past nine games. We got to see the whopper, though; a grand slam hit to center field!! It was awesome!

The Marlins ended the game with a great double play, capping off an outstanding victory. We won 11-0!!

Here you can see Kyle, Quest, and Chase celebrating that 11-run score:

The Marlins are really shocking everyone with their playing this year (except me, who had faith all along). They were expected to be in dead last, due to their very young team and the fact that they have one of the smallest payrolls in baseball.

But, against all odds, the Marlins sweep of the Nationals this weekend established their rank at the best team in baseball right now.

GO FISH!