The Nat's had two ways of clinching the division that evening, if they won the game they won the division, and if the Braves lost, the Nat's would win the division. Unfortunately, they did not pull off a win themselves, but down 0-2 with two outs to go in the top of the 9th, all eyes in the stadium were on the Braves/Pirates score instead of the field. I'm not sure if it was bandwidth overload, or if the Nat's turned off internet service, but they definitely froze the scoreboard, and no one could get an update on their phones. They waited til the top of the 9th was over, and a cheer started above the team bench as the players themselves were told the Braves had lost and they had won the division! Finally they put it on the scoreboard.
After the game, the jumbo tron showed us the team celebrating in the locker room.
After the players came back to the field, Michael Morse ran over to Left Field to celebrate with the fans. We had a nice encounter with Morse back in July when we met Harper as well, you can read about that here. Morse started right in front of us and we got sprayed with some champagne. Then he ran over to the corner and opened another bottle of champagne for those fans.
Around the 45 second mark of that clip you'll see Morse open a new bottle of champagne, and the cork fall in the grass near the warning track. See the nice man in the red shirt and blue hat, making sure no idiots jump onto the field? After the celebrations died down and the other fans had left, we convinced him to give us that cork!!!
The team stood in front of their dug out for a long time as they congratulated each other and gave individual interviews. Teddy stood nearby, but the rest of the Presidents and their secret service stayed on the third base side. I noticed Joe and his buddy make their way over to Teddy, getting closer and closer to the team, until they reached their boss. They were quickly on their way back towards third!
After a lot of celebrating in front of the dug out, the whole team took a lap around the stadium and high fived their fans! I couldn't reach, but Tim's hand is in the center of most of this clip, he's wearing a red sweat shirt. :)
It was a really cool experience to be there, Tim is very good about taking me to the big games! We went to Philly for the Nat's first ever game. Tim's been to every opening day, I've been to at least half of them. We were there for Strasburg's first game too. And now this! We have our Playoff Tickets in hand, I'm looking forward to experiencing the playoff atmosphere! They're off to a 1-0 start already!
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