The Washington Nationals 2013 game day promotion/giveaway schedule is out, including three bobblehead nights and four Saturday night post-game concerts, up from the three highly successful concert nights last season.
Based on past years’ choices, it’s a good bet we’ll see the team’s first bobbleheads for stars Bryce Harper and Gio Gonzalez and new centerfielder Denard Span (unless new racing president William Howard Taft gets the nod). We’ll update the schedule below as soon as confirmed. Additional giveaways will include a cap, t-shirt, pilsner cup, lunch tote, baseball tote, kids arm sleeve, team poster, and backpack.
UPDATE: Retiring manager Davey Johnson got the nod for Bobblehead #3 behind Harper and Gonzalez (see below), and the concert performers have been announced (Blues Traveler, Thompson Square, Gavin DeGraw, and Montgomery Gentry).
The popular Pups in the Park promotion, in which a section is reserved for canine guests, returns to Nationals Park for four dates in April, May, June, and September. The team has also added food promotions, including $1 Hot Dog, $1 Ice Cream, and $5 beer + peanuts nights.
It’s a robust promotion schedule, with only a few oddities (a cap that’s only for adults, a poster giveaway on post-game concert night). Families should note that Kids cannot run the bases after the late Sunday start on August 11.
2013 Washington Nationals Promotional/Giveaway Schedule
| Date/Time | Opponent | Promotion |
| Fri Mar 29 2:05 | NYY | Exhibition Game Schedule Magnet (1st 20,000 fans) |
| Mon 4/1 1:05 | FLA | Opening Day Cap (1st 20,000 fans) |
| Wed 4/3 7:05 | FLA | $1 Hot Dog Night |
| Wed 4/10 7:05 | CWS | $5 Beer + Peanuts Night |
| Sat 4/13 1:05 | ATL | Gio Gonzalez Bobblehead (1st 15,000 fans) |
| Sun 4/14 1:35 | ATL | Pups in the Park Screech’s Birthday Kids Opening Day Kids Run the Bases Signature Sunday |
| Sat 4/27 1:05 | CIN | Patriotic Series – Military Appreciation Day |
| Sun 4/28 1:35 | CIN | Kids Run the Bases Signature Sunday |
| Tue 5/7 7:05 | DET | MLB Network Backpack (1st 25,000 fans) |
| Wed 5/8 7:05 | DET | $1 Hot Dog Night |
| Fri 5/10 7:05 | CHI | Pilser Cup (1st 15,000 fans age 21+) |
| Sat 5/11 7:05 | CHI | Pups in the Park |
| Sun 5/12 1:35 | CHI | Signature Sundays Kids Run the Bases |
| Sat 5/25 7:15 | PHI | Lunch Tote (1st 15,000 fans) |
| Sun 5/26 1:35 | PHI | Signature Sundays Kids Run the Bases |
| Mon 5/27 1:05 | PHI | Patriotic Series – Memorial Day |
| Thu 6/6 7:05 | NYM | Ladies Night |
| Sat 6/8 4:05 | MIN | NatsLive Post-Game Concert: Blues Traveler |
| Sun 6/9 1:35 | MIN | Pups in the Park Kids Run the Bases Signature Sunday |
| Thu 6/20 7:05 | COL | $1 Ice Cream Night |
| Sat 6/22 12:05 | COL | Baseball Tote (1st 20,000 fans) |
| Sun 6/23 1:35 | COL | Bryce Harper Bobblehead (1st 15,000 fans) Kids Run the Bases Signature Sunday |
| Wed 6/26 7:05 | ARI | $1 Hot Dog Night Black Heritage Night |
| Mon 7/1 7:05 | MIL | $1 Hot Dog Night |
| Tue 7/2 7:05 | MIL | $1 Ice Cream Night |
| Wed 7/3 6:05 | MIL | Post-Game Fireworks |
| Thu 7/4 11:05 | MIL | Patriotic Series – Independence Day |
| Sat 7/6 4:05 | SDG | NatsLive Post-Game Concert: Thompson Square |
| Sun 7/7 1:35 | SDG | Signature Sunday Kids Run the Bases |
| Sat 7/20 7:05 | LAD | Davey Johnson Bobblehead (1st 15,000 fans) |
| Sun 7/21 1:35 | LAD | Kids Arm Sleeve (1st 10,000 fans 12 & under) Signature Sunday Kids Run the Bases |
| Fri 7/26 7:05 | NYM | T-Shirt (1st 20,000 fans) |
| Sun 7/28 1:35 | NYM | Signature Sundays Kids Run the Bases |
| Mon 8/5 7:05 | ATL | $1 Hot Dog Night |
| Thu 8/15 4:05 | SFG | Adult Cap (1st 15,000 fans age 21+) Patriotic Series |
| Wed 8/28 7:05 | FLA | Hispanic Heritage Night |
| Sat 8/31 7:05 | NYM | NatsLive Post-Game Concert: Gavin DeGraw |
| Sun 9/1 TBD | NYM | Kids Run the Bases Signature Sunday |
| Fri 9/13 7:05 | PHI | Patriotic Series – Heroes Day |
| Sat 9/14 7:05 | PHI | Pups in the Park |
| Sun 9/15 1:35 | PHI | Kids Run the Show Kids Run the Bases Signature Sunday |
| Mon 9/16 7:05 | ATL | $1 Hot Dog Night |
| Wed 9/18 7:05 | ATL | $5 Beer + Peanuts Night |
| Sat 9/21 7:05 | FLA | Team Poster NatsLive Post-Game Concert: Montgomery Gentry |
| Sun 9/22 1:35 | FLA | FANtastic FANale Kids Run the Bases Signature Sunday |
UPDATE: Here is the Nationals Promotion Schedule 2014, in which the number of bobbleheads will triple
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