Walter Sports Bar is excited to welcome Nationals fans back to the ballpark this spring,

located directly across the street from Nationals Park.

Walters is the preeminent sports bar in Navy Yard, boasting over 35 televisions, both indoors

and out Walters.

It's a great location to catch the gnats all season long, and Walters encourages all fans

to check out coronavirus.d.c.gov to get up-to-date information on current dining

restrictions. Go Nats. I know everyone was disappointed that they couldn't gather both inside and

outside the stadium on Thursday, but it's going to happen here soon. And when they do,

Walters is a great place to gather before the game, after the game, during the game, whatever

your case may be. Great location right outside the ballpark. And hopefully as the weather gets

warmer, it'll be a fun place to be outside as well. And welcome to Nats Chat for Friday, April

2nd, 2021, along with Nats Insider, Mark Zuckerman

of Massinsports.com. I'm Al Galdi, host of the Al Galdi podcast. This was supposed to be our first

true postgame pod for the 2021 season. This was supposed to be an installment on which we dive

headfirst into all the happenings

in the Nationals opening night game against the New York Mets. But as you certainly know by now,

there was no opening night game against the New York Mets. There will not be an opening game

against the Mets on Friday. And beyond that, we're just not sure. Mark, it's never quite simple with the nationals and the starts of these seasons during the COVID-19 pandemic.

We dealt with the Juan Soto scenario last year.

And now we're dealing with this current situation with the Nets.

Al, it was such a deja vu moment when Mike Rizzo stepped into the Zoom room on Wednesday.

And before taking your question said,

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