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So of course, to upstage opening day at Nats Park, the Redskins go ahead and trade for Donavan McNabb...

Still gonna be a remarkable day in DC. President Obama is throwing out the first pitch, it's a sellout, and the Nats get the world champion Phillies and Roy Halladay...

John Lannan goes for the Nationals. Nice to have a lefty face the lefty bats of Howard, Utley, and Ibanez. Unfortunately, Lannan is 0-6 career with a 5.82 ERA against the Phillies.

I'll have a recap and pictures!

Nats take a 1-0 lead early through three and COAST to the 11-1 loss against the reigning NL Champions....

Fun time, although it was an honest to God INFESTATION of Phillies fans.

More to come, including an in depth look at Obama's choice of caps. I actually can't blame him, I'm a guy that appreciates loyalty...

Phillies fans were discarding McNabb jerseys by the dozens...

Packed house with the Nats in their alternate reds...

I had alot of other pics, a couple good ones of Halladay warming up and the Nats' starters running down from centerfield on a red carpet by an American flag, but I apparently left them elsewhere.

Not much to say as far as the recap. Lannan did not look sharp even as he shut the Phillies out through three, and obviously his fourth was disasterous (5 runs allowed). He didn't show very good control, and after Howard hit a bomb off him, he seemed almost done.

Miguel Batista was absolutely horrible, but Jesse English and Sean Burnett did their jobs. Brian Bruney, despite throwing one scoreless inning late, did not look impressive at all, giving up a hit and walking two batters.

The offense was non-existent against Halladay, although I loved how Morgan singled, stole a base and eventually scored in the first. Pudge also had three hits, although he was nowhere close trying to gun out Jimmy Rollins stealing a base early. Obviously the Phils had no need to test his arm after they went up big after that.

Desmond had an error in his very first chance, a grounder on the shifted infield from Ryan Howard. The Nats turned a double play next batter to make up for it though.

Just a very disappointing loss and a terrible way to set the tone. It's early, but the Nats need at least one win against the Phils Wednesday and Thursday, especially with a short road trip to New York and Phily looming.

Or things could get ugly in a hurry...