(Photos by Caps Outsider)
For the ceremonial puck drop on Friday, Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer, who will be playing in the World Series next week, dropped a baseball – instead of a puck – between Alex Ovechkin and Rangers’s assistant captain Mika Zibanejad.
Scherzer slipped a bit before walking to center ice, holding a puck but then pulled out a baseball and dropped it.
The rest of the 2019 National League champion Washington Nationals were sitting in a sky suite enjoying the game.
.@Max_Scherzer with the ceremonial… baseball drop? #ALLCAPS | #FINISHTHEFIGHT pic.twitter.com/hjETCoTnyl
— NBC Sports Capitals (@NBCSCapitals) October 18, 2019
CAPITAL ONE ARENA DID THE BABY SHARK CHOMP!!!#ALLCAPS // #STAYINTHEFIGHT pic.twitter.com/uK2my37yYJ
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) October 18, 2019
Also, Adam Eaton read the starting lineup:
In case you were wondering why the boys were jumping!@adamspankyeaton got em all fired up. Thanks @Nationals!#ALLCAPS // #STAYINTHEFIGHT pic.twitter.com/KtMESraE36
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) October 18, 2019
