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♪ >> bret: finally tonight its october. major league baseball, the washington nationals will take on the milwaukee brewers and tonights national league wild card game right here in d.c. a big night, no one would be more excited than our dear friend, the late charles krauthammer. he loved baseball. it was his passion. he became a devoted nats fan when the team came to washington in 2005 and as he told us a few years back, he almost never missed a home game even when he was right here on the "sp...

For espn magazine, has lunch with will and krauthammer a couple of times a year to talk baseball. >> to say theyre fans is an understatement. to say they love the game is an understatement. >> i grew up playing the game. i love to play the game. and as a kid, my brother and i would go around on our schwinns on the streets of long island with transistor radios hanging from the handlebars listening to mel allen and phil rizzuto doing the yankee games. this was our lives. >> since the nationals cam...

With will and krauthammer a couple of times a year to talk baseball. >> to say theyre fans is an understatement. to say they love the game is an understatement. >> i grew up playing the game. i love to play the game. and as a kid, my brother and i would go around on our schwinns on the streets of long island with transistor radios hanging from the handlebars listening to mel allen and phil rizzuto doing the yankee games. this was our lives. >> since the nationals came to washington in 2005, they...

With will and krauthammer a couple of times a year to talk baseball. >> to say theyre fans is an understatement. to say they love the game is an understatement. >> i grew up playing the game. i love to play the game. and as a kid, my brother and i would go around on our schwinns on the streets of long island with transistor radios hanging from the handlebars listening to mel allen and phil rizzuto doing the yankee games. this was our lives. >> since the nationals came to washington in 2005, they...

Game tonight, had a press conference yesterday. the democrats invited all the republicans to have dinner with them last night. i havent heard yet how many republicans took them up on that offer. >> you know, i wasnt able to go. so i dont have a count either. but just the shear fact that mike doyle the manager of the democrats made such a great gesture. it should show the american people that this game that we play for charity and raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for d.c. charities, this is...

With will and krauthammer a couple of times a year to talk baseball. >> to say theyre fans is an understatement. to say they love the game is an understatement. >> i grew up playing the game. i love to play the game. and as a kid, my brother and i would go around on our schwinns on the streets of long island with transistor radios hanging from the handlebars listening to mel allen and phil rizzuto doing the yankee games. this was our lives. >> since the nationals came to washington in 2005, they...

>> [ chuckles ] >> from the garage at nat stadium. so i get there in the bottom of the first. i mean, how can i resist? >> he makes that trip in a special vehicle designed just for him that lets krauthammer accelerate and brake with his left hand and steer with his right. >> everybody comes in here the first time is terrified. >> [ chuckles ] >> and i dont blame them. in fact, when i went for my driving test, the tester didnt want to get in. >> [ laughs ] >> i told him he had to. its the law. i ...

With will and krauthammer a couple of times a year to talk baseball. >> to say theyre fans is an understatement. to say they love the game is an understatement. >> i grew up playing the game. i love to play the game. and as a kid, my brother and i would go around on our schwinns on the streets of long island with transistor radios hanging from the handlebars listening to mel allen and phil rizzuto doing the yankee games. this was our lives. >> since the nationals came to washington in 2005, they...

With will and krauthammer a couple of times a year to talk baseball. >> to say theyre fans is an understatement. to say they love the game is an understatement. >> i grew up playing the game. i love to play the game. and as a kid, my brother and i would go around on our schwinns on the streets of long island with transistor radios hanging from the handlebars listening to mel allen and phil rizzuto doing the yankee games. this was our lives. >> since the nationals came to washington in 2005, they...