Make that Opening Night in D.C. With the threat of inclement weather in the nation’s capital for tomorrow afternoon, the Washington Nationals announced tonight their scheduled 4:05 season-opener with the New York Mets in the nation’s capital will now have a 7:05 PM start time.
Current forecasts have the skies over Nationals Park clearing just after 5:00 PM ET Thursday night, so the hope seems to be that pushing the start time back will allow both clubs to get the first of four games to be played this weekend in, since there is no scheduled off day for the day after the opener like there would usually be.