One year ago we penned this post: FamousDC’s Top 10 Favorite Things About the Nationals

With the help of Stef and Kelly, we changed it up this year.

Our Least Favorite Things About The Nats

10) The Pressure

Sure, baseball is one of America’s greatest past times. But there is so just much pressure to be a Nationals fan.  If you don’t love the team, you’re labeled as a horrible person, excluded from all office outings, and basically clueless at the next happy hour. Ouch, social suicide.

9) Teddy

Sure some find Teddy endearing (FYI–Teddy Roosevelt hated baseball – didn’t think it was sport). Meanwhile, there are websites devoted to letting Teddy win. Also, isn’t it ironic Teddy’s first win came just a few days before the Nats blew the National League Division Series to the Cardinals? Teddy’s just as bad as the curse of the Billy goat for the Cubs.

8) The Score

The Nats have had many problems this year… losing? Their bench has been horrible, not to mention bullpen management is horrifying. Well now the season is basically over with almost no chance to get to the playoffs. Like Davey Johnson said at the beginning of the season, “World Series or Bust!” and it’s looking like…BUST

 7) The Name

Okay. What the Hell is a National? MORE importantly, what the hell is a Nationals ‘wonk?’

6) The Roof?

What roof? It’s not covered. There are maybe 20 days a year where being outside is pleasant and not punishment. If you don’t want to sit in the sun your choices are to pick to a section in the 400’s, or buy the most expensive tickets.

5) The fans

It’s not like they are bad people… just bad fans. Nobody has any real allegiance. It’s a mix of tourists wearing matching Old Navy flag shirts, inebriated bros spilling over from the Bullpen, and hill staffers still in their work clothes, pecking on their blackberries.

The lady in front of us at last week’s game was reading a book. WHAT??! This is a baseball game! We feel like we’re taking crazy pills. Other people you might see: Darrell Issa and Newt Gingrich, yep, those Nats fans…

4) $9 beers

We get it. Like all stadiums, they have a monopoly on the beer. This is how dollar ticket and dollar hot dog night turns in to an $80 adventure, though.

3) Navy Yard Metro

Transfers. Packed Cars. Sporadic service for weekend games. This is self-explanatory, right? I mean who rides the green line? THE FREAKING GREEN LINE! #MetroProblems

Driving isn’t a great option either – they try to charge $40 dollars to park anywhere within 10 blocks. With 81 home games per season, that comes out to be more than $3200. Ouch.

2) Natitude

The Nationals “catchy” slogan sounds like an advertising campaign for the beer flavored water that we drank in college… on Naturdays…

Don Draper would not approve, Washingtonians

1) The ‘W’ logo

“Why is the Walgreens logo on everyone’s clothes?” Hey, I thought it the first time I came to DC.  Tell me the Nats logo doesn’t look a thing like the logo of the largest drug store chain in the U.S.