Nationals Park - Not Ready for Prime Time

Last night I went to my first game at Nationals Park to see the Red Sox against the Washington Nationals. As you can see below, the Nationals were concerned with the large expected turnout. This season, the Nats rank last in MLB in terms of attendance. But last night's game, set a stadium attendance record as the park was overrun by Red Sox fans.

Now, with advanced noticed that this would be a large crowd, you might expect the stadium to be prepared. Sure there might be some glitches, but at the same time, tickets went on sale in March and virtually sold out with the exception of some of the more expensive seats rather quickly. So there I was - bottom of the second inning, and decided to make a run to get myself a sausage and a couple of beers. I am with a friend, we are both very excited in anticipation of getting something to eat - sausage for me, and kielbasa for him. We wait in line for several minutes, only to find out - they were out. Of everything. Bottom of the second inning, and the Sausage Stand was out of sausages. And kielbasa. And peppers. And onions. They could have sold you a roll, but that was about it. In sheer disappointment, we venture on to find another sausage stand - this time we wait for what seems like an hour, missing many key plays. Finally we get to the front of this line - they are of onions and kielbasa (and something else, which I don't remember at the moment). Thankfully they had Italian sausages left, or else things could have taken a turn for the worse. So two beers and an Italian sausage later, I finally returned to my seat - top of the 5th inning. That's right, I missed from the bottom of the second to the top of the 5th all in a pursuit of something to eat.