To see Werth in his return to Citizens Bank Park, click here.

For tickets to Strasburg’s start on Tuesday against the Marlins, click here.

With The Takeover 2 scheduled for Saturday, Phils fans were already planning to give the DC-economy a jolt of brotherly love. Now that Roy Oswalt is making his Phillies debut tonight, Phils fans are moving the trip up a day. Since the trade was announced, prices for the game are up 56%, and Phillies fan are suddenly optimistic about October baseball.
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The Nats season, on the hand, is long lost.  At 14.5 games out of first, and with Strassburg now on the DL, this weekend’s series may also be the last time Nationals Park shows any life in 2010.
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In case you’re not familiar, the Takeover is an collective I-95 road-trip, initiated by the blog PhilliesNation with the stated goal of ‘turning Nationals Park into Citizens Bank Park South’.  Takeover 1 happened on opening day, when the other Roy–Roy Halliday–made his Phillies Debut.  Attendance for that game was a 98-6%-full 41,290 and the average price was $172.  Compared to Takeover 1, Takeover 2 is looking like a bargain. If Roy 2 delivers tonight and down the stretch, it will make the prospects and any cash seem like a bargain as well.
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After one of the most impressive debuts in recent memory, the baseball world is ablaze with Strasburg-mania, bringing back wistful 80’s memories of Fernando and the last pitcher-induced mania to sweep the country. Next stop on the tour: Cleveland.
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The Indians, who are averaging a league-low 15,527 fans per game, have sold 4,300 tickets since it was announced the Cleveland would be the second stop of S-Burg’s AAAA tune-up tour. With a week to go, attendance may crack 25,000 fans, which would be 57% capacity at the Jake….not bad for a team with a .379 winning percentage,
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Unfortunately for Strasburg, at some point he’ll need to face a major league team other than the Pirates or the Indians, who have the two worst records in baseball. Once he starts facing tougher competition, we’ll see how close he comes to Fernando’s 8-0 start: a start that included five shutouts and a baffling 0.50 ERA.
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For now, though, the mania grows and Cleveland fans have a reason to buy tickets again, if only for a day.
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For tickets to Strasburg’s second start against the Tribe, click here.

As minor-league batters are quickly finding out, Stephen Strasburg is the real deal. He’s dominated in his eight starts and has drawn record crowds along the way.
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Many believe that Strasburg will make his first major league start on June 4th against the Reds. While still speculation at this point, prices for the June 4th game are already 16% above the season average.

Adam Kilgore of the Nationals Journal writes, “The Nationals have not made any indications about Strasburg’s debut date, but his [last minor league] start Saturday seemingly adds to the likelihood he will make his major league debut June 4 at Nationals Park.”
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Between the way he’s pitching in the minors and how quickly that day is coming up on the calendar, an announcement could come any day now. When it does prices will surely move above $63. So with prices only slightly above the Nats season average, this may be your last chance to see the second coming and still have money left for a beer to celebrate it. But remember, buy at your own risk, because nothing is set in stone yet.
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Just as we’re recovering from the trillion dollar bailout last year, it seems that there is another crisis in our nation’s Capital. Greece? Fannie May? How about Nats ticket prices?
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According to TiqIQ, there was a 70% price drop from the Nationals opening day to their second game of the season. What could wreak such monumental impact, you ask? Was it Obama throwing out the first pitch on Opening day or perhaps the much anticipated C-span filibuster marathon that kept all of DC glued to their TV on the second game? Nope. How about 27 bus loads of Phillies fans.
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Yes, on the great day that is opening day 2010, Washington owes a debt of gratitude to those drunken and unruly neighbors to the north who made their way down the turnpike to see Roy Halliday’s debut in a Phillies uniform. Because we were so appreciative, as a bonus, we decided to give them an 11-1 stomping.
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As sad as it is that we have to rely on a city that hasn’t been the national capital in like 200 years, it was special to see Nats park packed with 41,000 fans in red, even if many of those were a slightly different shade of red.
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As for ideas on how the Nats can keep the ballpark filled, we could either learn how to spell free beer in Philadelphian, or even better, the Nats could just start winning. If neither of those work, we could always go with the nuclear option that would work for at least a game or two: Call up Strasburg.