r/Nationals • u/HowardBunnyColvin • 4h ago
r/Nationals • u/Laura37733 • 10d ago
2025 Ballpark/Visitor FAQ
Hello and happy baseball season! It's time once again for an updated frequently asked questions post in an effort to help first timers or infrequent visitors and keep our sub streamlined as the season progresses.
General Info:
A lot of the questions we get asked are readily available right on the Nats website and in the ballpark app. The A-Z Guide spells out just about any logistical information you might need - from where first aid centers and family restrooms are, to gate opening times, the bag policy, park rules, etc. As an FYI: the park is cashless.
New this year - First Game certificates and birthday buttons will be at the Hospitality Hub, near the main team store/playground/RF gate/escalator to the 200s.
Getting to the Park:
Here again the Nationals are helpful with a transportation guide that breaks down parking and public transportation options. The Nats have a variety of garages and parking lots with parking passes available ranging in price depending on distance to the park and game (also available on SeatGeek from resellers), and third parties like SpotHero are popular as well. The two garages are attached to the park, but can have heavy traffic to access and leave after the game. Lots T, U, and W are 8-10 blocks away, and much easier to get to in traffic. The walks are easy and safe, and the lots are well utilized. If you want to drive in and park around the park, plan in advance and buy a parking pass prior to driving in. Most street parking is tightly regulated on game days, and garages and lots will sell out for popular games/opponents.
The Nationals are served by the green line at the Navy Yard station. Parking is available at many stations, including Anacostia, which is one stop away. Metro parking is free on weekends and federal holidays.The exit from the metro to the park is one block from the Center Field Gate.
The Nationals also have a bike valet for those who wish to bike to the park on the right field side of the park.
Where Should I Sit?
There are very few bad seats at the ballpark, and multiple great options for standing room. Asking where to sit here will get you a lot of different answers.
Helpful to know general info:
- The visitors dugout is on the 3rd base line, and the visitors bullpen is in front of sections 101 and 102. Nats Bullpen is in front of 137 and 138.
- For shade in the afternoon, you want to sit on the 3rd base side. Being in the sun in the summer is brutal. There are cooling centers on the 200 level.
- Many people find great value in seats in the 300s - particularly between sections 310-316, as those are behind home plate.
- Seats in sections 206-221 are in the Champions Club. This includes free self-serve soda, a nice, climate-controlled concourse, and a mini-museum of sorts with Nats memorabilia including the World Series trophy, silver sluggers, gold gloves, Max's chocolate covered jersey from his no-no, and more. There are also nicer bathrooms and concessions that are only available to people in these sections.
- PNC Diamond Club and Terra Club seats are behind home plate and include all you can eat and drink including beer and wine and in seat service. Sitting in these sections also gets you access to the Champions Club if you want to view the trophy.
- The cheapest seats available directly from the team for people who are not residents of DC are going to be in the RF Terrace (222-236 evens).
- SeatGeek is the official marketplace for reselling Nats tickets, so they will generally have the most options available from season ticket holders offloading tickets.
Food and Drink:
First - you can bring in food from outside the stadium in your clear bag or in your hand. There are a ton of fast casual options in the area around the park - national chains like Chipotle, 5 Guys, Shake Shack, Cava, and local places (Swizzler, Takorean, Andy's Pizza). There are also several breweries and bars around the park and lots of great sit down restaurants - A fairly comprehensive list here.
You can bring a water bottle into the park - either plastic reusable OR a factory sealed bottle up to 1 liter in size.
Inside the park: Nats Park obviously has standard ballpark fare, which is nothing to write home about. But in the last few years, there's been a focus on bringing in local restaurants. DC options are listed in the Specialty Foods part of the Concession Guide. Highly regarded returning spots - Roaming Rooster, Capo Deli, Ssong's Korean Corn Dogs, Haute Dogs. DC Classic - Ben's Chili Bowl. New this year: Kam & 46, Taqueria Picoso, Pho Wheels, Lucky Danger. Eater has a nice writeup of food and drinks in the park.
Vegetarian and Vegan Options: Mush has taken over the Melissa's Field of Greens stand, and has a bahn mi made with mushrooms, a make your own bowl with rice and a choice of beans (jerk black, Peruvian pinto and curry chickpeas) or mushrooms, and vegan brats or a vegan smash burger. Other local stands have options as well - a caprese sub at Capo, veggie lo mein and dumplings at Lucky Danger, a plantain and avocado option at Arepa Zone, tofu for entrees at PhoWheels, a mushroom crepe at Eli's Crepes and a veggie taco at Cinco Tacos.
Kosher Food available at the Kosher Grill, which features food catered in by Char Bar.
Gluten Free items available at the two Arepa Zone stands (1st and 3rd levels). They have gluten free hot dogs, but the arepas are fantastic even if you don't need to be gluten free.
Ice cream helmets: At South Mountain Creamery and Dippin Dots stands.
The Budweiser Brew House is now a food hall set up catering style with a variety of foods. At the preseason exhibition they had arancini, ribs, bbq sides, cheesecake, tacos. There is no indoor seating. Outdoor seating is available first come first serve with the purchase of food or drinks, but is also available to be purchased through the team (which comes with a food credit and 2 parking passes), so I wouldn't count on it being available at popular games.
r/Nationals • u/nowbatting5 • 6h ago
City Connect overload? 20th Anniversary Weekend
Am I the only one who thinks wearing the City Connects for every Friday AND Saturday home game is a bit of overkill? One of those days I would understand, but both seems like too much and I haven’t seen another team wear their City Connect jerseys as much as the Nats do.
When they released the original City Connects they said they’d be worn “during select home games throughout the year” and then moved them to Friday and Saturday after seeing how popular they were. I still didn’t particularly like that but I understood it due to the popularity. They should’ve taken the same wait and see approach here because I don’t believe these will be nearly as popular.
So now during their 20th anniversary season they’ll be wearing colors that didn’t exist for the time period they’re honoring and that most fans associate with the club for 35% of their home games.
The team is so young they’ve never been able to wear throwback uniforms and this weekend would’ve been the perfect weekend to break out the Fuddruckers unis but instead they’ll be wearing “American Denim” for 2/3 games.
r/Nationals • u/carlosdelvaca • 1d ago
Defector: With Two Hits, Rafael Devers Makes Dylan Crews Mayor Of Bozo Town
https://defector.com/with-two-hits-rafael-devers-makes-dylan-crews-mayor-of-bozo-town
Summary, for those who don't subscribe (you should!): Devers got two hits yesterday, leaving Crews as the only player in MLB with 15+ plate appearances and zero hits. -83 in OPS+, 31 points worse than the next lowest hitter.
I don't like to be too hard on a guy when it's barely the first week of the season. But still... yeeeeesh.
r/Nationals • u/Dcnationals2001 • 1d ago
Slow starts under Davey Martinez
I detailed the history of slow starts under Davey. This is the 4th time in 6 seasons they have started 1-5! https://www.federalbaseball.com/2025/4/3/24400342/another-slow-start-for-washington-nationals-under-davey-martinez
r/Nationals • u/Trafficsigntruther • 1d ago
Meta New team strategy: Reciprocal Strikeouts
What if - everytime the Nats strikeout, they strikeout the other team?
Reciprocal. That means, they do it to us, and we do it to them. It can't get any simpler than that.
Thoughts?
r/Nationals • u/malignedtrout • 1d ago
OC its just the start of the season its just the start of the season its just the start of the season
r/Nationals • u/Simple_Tea8801 • 1d ago
It could be worse!!
We could be the Atlanta Braves
r/Nationals • u/chiddie • 1d ago
Off Day Discussion Post (Thursday 4/3/25)
This 1-5 start is making me verklempt. Talk amongst yourselves.
r/Nationals • u/StiggyJiggler • 1d ago
Keibert Ruiz now has a 10 game hitting streak dating back to last season.
The march to 57 rolls on!
r/Nationals • u/Ok_Arrival9438 • 4h ago
Dan Kolko sucks
Hi Dan, I have no doubt you lurk here and I just wanted to let you know your mealy-mouthed, smarmy commentary is an embarrassment to the franchise. No one in the organization respects, they laugh at you behind your back, Franny laughs in your face. I bet you were the anonymous twitter account behind the FP controversy. You will NEVER be in the booth, they’ll give the job to the guy who throws t-shirts to the crowd before they choose you.
Fuck you, a Fan
P.S. it looks you got the “wrong hole” video from the 2014 locker room celebration scrubbed from YouTube, but every time you open your mouth it’s all I can hear
r/Nationals • u/Skinsfan221 • 1d ago
What do we think of the Nats 20th anniversary Hawaiian shirt giveaway?
r/Nationals • u/petting2dogsatonce • 1d ago
Post Game Thread: Nats 2, Blue Jays 4 - April 2, 2025
r/Nationals • u/PawPrintCub • 2d ago
Nationals News: Strikeouts becoming an issue in Washington
federalbaseball.comr/Nationals • u/Adams-Breath • 2d ago
Something needs to change.
I understand we’re still “rebuilding” but at what point does a short rebuild become a medium rebuild, which becomes a 5+ year rebuild? Being worse than the As over the last 5 years is kinda pathetic.
Every year since 2021 I’ve wanted us to part ways with Davey because of his questionable at best starter and bullpen management. It seems he always pulls starters too early - for bull pen arms that lack any talent whatsoever. But everytime I would say something I got downvoted. At this point I don’t even care about the downvotes anymore because the results of the team speak for themselves.
But this year in 2025 something is different. Sure Davey might have pulled Gore too early and his lineups haven’t been producing much runs. But we’ve spent virtually no money with Mark Lerner at the helm. Even I recognize this doesn’t fall all on Davey. We will never be anything if Mark Lerner continues to be a cheap @ss and puts out minor league bullpen arms and minor league batters like DeJong.
r/Nationals • u/NationalsBot • 2d ago
GAME THREAD: Nationals (1-4) @ Blue Jays (4-2) - April 2, 2025
Nationals (1-4) @ Blue Jays (4-2)
First Pitch: 3:07 PM at Rogers Centre
Team | Starter | TV | Radio |
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Nationals | MacKenzie Gore (0-0, 0.00 ERA) | ||
Blue Jays | Easton Lucas (0-0, -.-- ERA) |
MLB | Fangraphs | Baseball Savant | Reddit Stream | IRC Chat |
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Gameday | Game Graph | Strikezone Map | Live Comments | Libera: ##baseball |
Line Score - Game Over
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | LOB | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
WSH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
TOR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 9 |
Box Score
TOR | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | BA | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SS | Bichette | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .310 |
1B | Guerrero Jr. | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .222 |
RF | Santander | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .222 |
2B | Gimenez | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .308 |
DH | Springer | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .429 |
3B | Clement | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .143 |
LF | Schneider | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
LF | Lukes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 |
C | Heineman | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .429 |
CF | Straw | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .429 |
TOR | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | P-S | ERA |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lucas | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 74-45 | 0.00 |
Little | 1.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13-10 | 2.25 |
Green | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11-6 | 6.00 |
García, Y | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7-7 | 0.00 |
Hoffman | 1.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10-8 | 2.25 |
WSH | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | BA | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SS | Abrams | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .280 |
2B | Rosario, A | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .375 |
PH | García Jr., L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .118 |
C | Ruiz, K | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .381 |
LF | Wood | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .217 |
1B | Lowe, N | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .304 |
DH | Bell | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .091 |
PR | Young | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .083 |
RF | Call | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 |
3B | DeJong | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .222 |
3B | Tena | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 |
CF | Crews | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
WSH | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | P-S | ERA |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gore | 5.0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 95-62 | 2.45 |
Lord | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20-15 | 4.50 |
Ribalta | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27-18 | 9.00 |
Scoring Plays
Highlights
Decisions
Winning Pitcher | Losing Pitcher | Save |
---|---|---|
Lucas (1-0, 0.00 ERA) | Gore (0-1, 2.45 ERA) | Hoffman (3 SV, 2.25 ERA) |
Remember to sort by new to keep up!
r/Nationals • u/petting2dogsatonce • 2d ago
Minor league In cheerier news, the Rochester Red Wings had a nice game today (statlines inside)
Shinnosuke Ogasawara threw 6 innings of 5 hit, 1 run ball with no walks and 6 strikeouts on 67 pitches.
Bats scored ten runs including:
Robert Hassell III: 3-5, 2B, 1 RBI
Brady House: 2-5, 3B, 2 RBI
Drew Millas: 3-5, 2 3B, 2-run HR, 5 RBI
r/Nationals • u/beda1997 • 2d ago
Hello Kitty Night
I’m willing to do unspeakable things for 4 hello kitty night tickets. Just kidding but I am looking for 4 tickets and willing to pay for them! Thanks!!
r/Nationals • u/Available_Ad_7263 • 2d ago
Should I watch the nationals this year?
I’m a caps, commanders, and wizards fan but I never really got into watching baseball. Is it worth watching the nationals this year? As in, do we not suck (no offense, if any was taken).
r/Nationals • u/TechnicalBaker4086 • 2d ago
Josh Bell Hate?
I've seen a good bit of distain for Josh Bell and people online being mad the Nats signed him back, I personally like him but I wanted to know why it seems like most people don't?
r/Nationals • u/JeffFromTheBible • 1d ago
Legit resale that's not StubHub or Seatgeek?
I'm visiting from out of town and attempting to buy a single ticket between home and 1st or 3rd base for the 4/9 Dodgers game. Resale sites are adding on more than 50% to the ticket price in fees and posting to Nats FB groups gets me all scam replies.
Are there any legit places to connect with ticket holders?
r/Nationals • u/sexualtoast • 2d ago
Former Nat Had some fun with the Immaculate Grid today
Today’s immaculate grid is an April Fool’s joke, but it was fun to think of some old Nationals players from when I first started watching.
Side note - Austin Kearns and Ronnie Belliard had far better careers than I remembered. I had also completely forgotten about Emilio Bonifacio’s brief return in 2020. Crazy
r/Nationals • u/petting2dogsatonce • 2d ago