Despite rain, baseball begins in Washington, D.C.

Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty ImagesWASHINGTON – Eli Duncan-High, 19, sat in row C in section 406 here on Thursday night, with a slight drizzle slowly abating before the Washington Nationals opened their season against the Mets.

A student at Northern Virginia Community College, Duncan-High wore a No. 22 Juan Soto jersey as he waited for the two teams to be introduced after a rain delay pushed back the first pitch to 8:21 p.m.

Duncan-High, who is interested in sports communications as a career, spoke eloquently about why he loves Soto after the retirement of Ryan Zimmerman.

“We lost that franchise player (but) Soto brought life to that,” said Duncan-High, who attended Thomas…