There are videos that play before each game explaining how to react and exit Nationals Park in an emergency, and it’s something the club has rehearsed in the event of an incident, but, as Washington’s skipper Davey Martinez explained on Sunday morning, around twelve hours after a shooting outside of the ballpark caused chaos inside, you can prepare, but nothing’s quite like actually going through it.
“Yeah, man, these things are often practiced,” the fourth-year skipper said, “... and they go through a bunch of different protocols and safety protocols, but ... you don’t ever think it’s going to happen, but when it does, it’s definitely a different situation.