On their day off yesterday three Nationals pitchers (Bacsick, Cordero, and Schroder) and about 20 other team associates toured the Pentagon. The Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England, a self proclaimed baseball fan, invited the group to spend the day at the Pentagon in an effort to strengthen relations between baseball and the US Military.

Chad Cordero thanked US Troops for their support and mentioned that it was an honor for him to be able to play before service members during RFK home games. He said, “They’re out there maintaining our freedom. They’re out there making sure we still have all of our rights that we know and love,” he said. “And for us, we just go out there ( and ) we’re trying to basically give everybody a place to go to have fun.” “For the troops, I want get a chance to ( let them ) not think about what their job is for a day,” he said. “We go out there to entertain them, so any time we can do that for them, it’s good, because they’re the ones doing all the fighting for us.”

As a child from a military family, I am consistently impressed with the support the Washington Nationals give our Armed Forces. From military appreciation night at RFK, to scheduled trips like this one, these players really support the men and women defending our nation.

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