Opening Day

On Friday, I ventured to Nationals Park for Opening Day to see my Atlanta Braves. And despite all my reservations about taking a half-day of work after recently starting on a (new) project, paying an "Opening Day" premium for a ticket, and attending a ball game solo quickly faded after the first inning. Not only was being a part of Opening Day hype, a first for me, super exciting, this was hands down the most action-packed game I have seen.

These things all happened:

• Atlanta Braves' Dan Uggla, the worst Brave to date, had the first hit for the team. 
• Three players--Harper and Desmond and Atlanta Braves' Andrelton Simmons--were caught stealing bases. Desmond was caught stealing second to third. Both Harper and Desmond were caught in rundowns. 
• Altanta Braves' Jason Heyward was hit by a pitch. 
• Nationals' Adam LaRoche was thrown out at home by Braves' Justin Upton. 
• Washington Nationals' Bryce Harper threw a fit after striking out (his first of two Ks). 
• Braves' Evan Gattis hit a home run. 
• Braves' pitcher David Hale struck out bunting. (That's no good!)
• Heyward successful stole second. 
• Nationals' Ian Desmond hit an inside-the-park home run, that was later reviewed under MLB Instant Replay and overturned as a ground rule double. 
• Two runs were scored on sacrifice flys, one for each team.  
• The Braves used six pitchers. (Eeek!)
• There were 14 total hits. 

And, of course, the Braves winning 2-1 at Nationals Park truly iced the cake. Play ball.