Washington Nationals' attempt to fill up the stadium for the home opener backfires

[marmar]

Wed Apr 07, 2010 12:49 pm EDT

The Phillies fan invasion was orchestrated by the Nationals
By 'Duk


Lost in our jaws dropping at the sheer amount of Phillies fans at Washington's opening day was a nuts-and-bolts explanation on how the Nationals could let such an embarrassing invasion occur.

Luckily, that's where Adam Kilgore of the Washington Post and Mark Zuckerman of Nats Insider come in.

Following up on a scene that conquering Phillie fan Michelle O'Malley documented for BLS and left most Nats fans steamed, the pair confirms that the Nats were extremely helpful in facilitating the takeover.

The main way the Phillies avoided having to build a Trojan horse to gain access? The Nationals ticket office put no restrictions on the amount of group tickets that well-organized Phillies fans could buy before traveling down in buses. These group tickets were placed on sale well before individual tickets were ever made available to the public and allowed the group from Phillies Nation to buy a whopping 530 tickets for fans and friends of the blog. ........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/The-Phillies-fan-invasion-was-orchestrated-by-th?urn=mlb,232653

[flvegan]

1. That's hilarious.