The charter flight touched down around 11:30 p.m. Wednesday at Washington Dulles International Airport and the team bus carrying the Colorado Rockies made its way to the team hotel in downtown Washington.
On the way, the bus passed near the Arlington street where Ian Desmond used to live during part of his lengthy tenure with the Washington Nationals.
Desmond, who helped turn the Nationals from laughingstock to pennant contender, was back in very familiar territory. For the first time, he was in the starting lineup as a visitor Thursday night at Nationals Park as the center fielder for the Rockies.