Nexus Now: Interview With Rally Kid

At the DC Sports Nexus, we created a show to add to our coverage of the DC Sports teams.  The show is called Nexus Now and will be a weekly or monthly show with lots of fun stuff.  Each time we do it we will try to add new stuff and actually turn on the HD switch on our cameras.  Typically we will try to cover each team, but the first episode was very Nats heavy.

In the first (and possibly only) ever episode, we interview the famous Nationals Rally Kid, a huge 10 year old Nats fan who is traveling around the country trying to hit every Major League Stadium.  We talk about how he helped the Nats win, and we talk to his father about the famous Bob Carpenter Scorebook and the secret Carp doesn't want you to know.

I also talk about each of the 4 DC Sports teams, watch some dancing by umpires and Davey Johnson, and my favorite part, "Oh, Hello"!  Check it out!

Nats Rally Kid Version 2

On Monday night against the Astros, the Nationals put up 3 runs in the 5th inning after showing a kid on TV.  FP Santangelo dubbed him the latest 'Rally Kid' replacing that old rally kid who was only good for 1 run.

Finally a Rally Kid with Nationals gear on!

Interesting fact: Akra talked to the father of the kid and he uses a Bob Carpenter Scorebook.

Rally Napkin still leads the Rally Team.

Nats Rally Kid, Comes & Goes, Rally Tent Created

Well FP Santangelo has created yet another Nats Rally mascot.  First there was Rally Napkin.  Then there was Rally Carp.  Now Meet Rally Kid:

In the 6th inning Edwin Jackson tossed a Ryan Zimmerman foul ball to a kid in the crowd.  FP Santangelo dubbed it "Rally Karma" as the Nats went on to hit two straight doubles and score a run.


"You give a kid a baseball good things have to happen don't they" -FP


Rally kid was shown several times pounding his foul ball with his Bob Ueker bobblehead but Bob Carpenter cooled the rally down by saying "If this team get's another double, I'm sending him some cotton candy, crackerjacks, whatever he wants for the rest of the day"  After that comment there were three straight outs.


After the inning FP basically said that the kid was good for a run, but he is done because he couldn't produce more.  So Farewell Rally Kid, your 5 minutes of Nats fame was fun...But you have a Brewer's shirt on...come on, you had no chance to be a long-term Nationals lucky charm.


Later in the game Carpenter talked about how long the game was and how fans may need to pitch a tent in their living room.  FP said he would be down for that if it was a Rally Tent.  Bam: