“Red Sox, not State”; Or, “No, the W on the Red Cap does NOT stand for Shrub, it stands for the Nationals.”

Yep. Still weird. Thank god not on the Yankees though. (And yes, Nomar wasn’t doing much playing as he’s waiting for his wrist to recover. Hey putzes - STOP HITTING HIM IN THE WRIST.)

I’ve got a draft of a post explaining how the Red Sox are of course going to win the AL East and, um, how the Nats are going to compete in the wild card. (Stop laughing.) This clearly isn’t it, but check back. It will probably appear someday.

10 points to the first person to identify the title quote.

Fun times:Tigers 16, Yankees 0.

Even more fun times: Nats 3, Dodgers 2. (Knock on wood, so far so good.) His post-season chances be damned, when Nomar isn’t playing I actively root against the Dodgers. And of course they’re playing the Nats, so I’d be rooting against them anyway. It’s a relief really - it feels utterly, completely, and totally unnatural to in *any* way be cheering for Grady Little’s success.

Interesting thought: if we win tonight (and I’m by no means saying we will,) a sweep of the Blue isn’t wholly out of the question. Bergmann vs Billingsley is on Tues, and Billingsley is okay, but not wonderful. If Bergmann is on form I think we can grab that one. Wed is Penny vs Hill, and *that* is a marquee matchup. Penny is the ace of the Dodgers staff, but Hill is the ace of our staff. The Dodgers offense certainly isn’t setting the world afire, and we might be able to break through.

This isn’t at all likely, mind you. I think lack of homefield advantage would tell in this case, and Saito has been more consistent that Cordero. But it’s possible.

Edit - And we’re tied. Yeah, that didn’t last long. Come on Nats!

Edit part two - And there went the lead. Now was that nice, Jesus Colome?

John P is going to Canada.
He’s going to get treatment from “chiropractors, be in a hyperbaric chamber, have homeopathic injections, lasers and frequency-specific microcurrents. These type of treatments are not approved in the United States.”
No! Imagine my total and utter surprise that these treatments aren’t approved in the US!
Homeopathic injections? Might as well ask for your humours to be adjusted John - maybe your problem is too much yellow bile. This is sounding like another surgery is in the near future. More scarily, it’s sounding like Matt Clement. The diagnostics couldn’t find what was wrong with him, until they opened his shoulder during surgery and found three tears that didn’t show up on the MRI.
Tavarez this afternoon. (Let’s go Yo-yo.) We had (again) the reverse lock this weekend: Wake (who usually looks bad against the Rangers) won a pitcher’s duel while Beckett lost it in the 4th for whatever reason. On the plus side, Nomar finally hit his 2nd HR. Let’s bring that OPS up babe!