The Pitch (Behind the Scenes)

Behind the Scenes is a link up with Crystal (and some others) where we share the real life behind the perfect (or not-so-perfect) pictures we post for friends, family, and the internet to see. The story behind the instagrammed beauty. Come link up. Or just read our adventures. Some of them will make you nod your head: been there, done that. Others will make you smile.

Today, here's a look behind the scenes of "The Pitch".

The picture:

The story:
You may know, or may have guessed, that I'm raising some baseball fans in this house. Trying, anyway. We get to several games a year, and the rest I go with my friends, or alone. I love baseball that much. A day in the park, even when my team loses, is still a better day than a day without baseball.

My girls are troopers and they're starting to get more engaged in the games. We went Monday night, and had a couple of really cool moments. S (she's 8) took the picture above while she was experimenting with the zoom function on my cell phone camera. She was THRILLED to catch Tyler Clippard at the moment of his release.  (See sequence below). She was even more excited when she looked at our Nationals calendar the next morning at breakfast when she noticed that it's the very same shot (except zoomed in close) that  is captured (of course from another game) on the August page. "That's SO COOL, Mom, isn't it?":   Yes, I agree. So cool.

We had a visit from "Mrs. Charlie" - the wife of one of  the Nationals'  ["our"]  radio play-by-play announcers.  Fun to try to get all of our faces in one "selfie" picture. She's a gem. I love how the fans and the support folks, and even the players, all get engaged around here. Very approachable. And very real people.  I am delighted to have met Tina and to have gotten to know her a little better. The girls thought it was hilarious that we were having a party in section 404 while Charlie was working. They loved waving to his press box window.

 

And here's the rest of our pictures from Monday. The girls had as much fun documenting our time as they did watching on Monday. My favorite is the one at the end - we love that you can see the landmarks of DC right from the ballpark. There's no better place to spend a night, than with my girls in the city I love, seeing history made, and remembered, both on and off the field.

practicing pictures. Laughing the whole time

A likes to get close to the camera. I need to stretch my arms!

S took this one, view from our seats

we love it up here, mom!

getting sleepy, but still watching her favorite guys

notice the monument in the background. We love DC!