Baseball Notes: Nats readying home for the season debut

Philadelphia Inquirer, The, March, 2008 by Associated Press

Workers mowed the infield and outfield grass at Nationals Park, getting that curly "W" in center field just right, before the Washington Nationals lost, 3-0, to the Baltimore Orioles last night in an exhibition game that also served as a dress rehearsal. The Nationals will play the first regular-season major-league game at their $600 million-plus new home tonight, hosting the Atlanta Braves.

Record crowd. The Dodgers said 115,300 tickets were sold for last night's exhibition game with the World Series champion Boston Red Sox at the Los Angeles Coliseum, including some 25,000 for standing-room only. The crowd was expected to break the existing world record for a baseball game of about 114,000 who attended an exhibition between the Australian national team and an American services team during the 1956 Melbourne Olympics. The game was part of the Dodgers' 50th anniversary celebration of their move west from Brooklyn. Diamondbacks. Diagnosed with ...