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A Bet Offer That Probably Looked Better Yesterday

Thursday, October 25, 2007 – 4:47 pm

Presidential candidate and Representative Tom Tancredo may be a hate-spewing racist, but he has a sense of humor:
Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-CO) offered a wager to Republican presidential rival Mitt Romney, according the Boston Globe. If the Colorado Rockies lose the World Series, Tancredo will bow out of the election if Romney also agrees to […]

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I Remain Convinced He Somehow Orchestrated The Chan Ho Park Signing

Thursday, October 4, 2007 – 2:45 pm

This quote is 14 years old, but I don’t recall hearing it before and it sure does mirror everything we’ve come to know and love about our president. From an ESPN column concerning the baseball playoffs:
“I made my arguments and went down in flames. History will prove me right.” — Texas Rangers owner George […]

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The End Of Summer

Tuesday, October 2, 2007 – 11:13 am

…And by that I mean the end of baseball season, of course. The Nats finished not in last place in the NL East for the first time since they came to Washington, just barely exceeded their rookie manager’s seemingly ridiculous goal of 72 wins, and made everyone who predicted a Historically Bad season look […]

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Someone Owes Me A “Thank You” Note

Wednesday, September 26, 2007 – 11:46 am

Dear Philadelphia,
You can start thanking us now.
Love,
Andrew
PS: But you should probably win the next few games yourselves just to make sure this pays off.
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We Don’t Suck! We Don’t Suck!

Thursday, September 6, 2007 – 11:42 am

A mere six months ago, serious baseball people were predicting that this year’s edition of the Nationals could be among the worst teams to ever play the game. A mere five months ago, those predictions appeared dangerously realistic.
We’ve known since early summer when the team started to play legitimately respectable (if not particularly […]

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Breaking Nats News: Wily Mo On His Way From Boston

Friday, August 17, 2007 – 3:43 pm

The official site of the Nats has Trader Jim acquiring Wily Mo Pena from Boston in return for a player to be named later.
We should have seen this one coming given the Red Sox’s eagerness to dump Pena and Bowden’s love of his old Cincinnati players. I must say, I’m a bit excited, […]

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Congratulations, Barry

Wednesday, August 8, 2007 – 10:05 am

No one else is likely to do it, so here’s Andrew to the rescue:
Congratulations to Barry Bonds. No sniping, no sarcasm, no backhanded compliments. You played by baseball’s rules as they stood when you played and you hit more home runs than anyone else has in more than a century of the game’s […]

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Breaking: Nats GM Jim Bowden May Have Been Replaced By Alien Body Snatchers

Tuesday, July 31, 2007 – 4:36 pm

Two straight trade deadlines have come and gone with no action from our very own Trader Jim. Is anyone else concerned? Do we need to send a covert rescue operation out to RFK to make sure Stan hasn’t tied him up and gagged him with copies of The Plan in some hidden […]

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A Weekend Baseball Post

Sunday, June 24, 2007 – 3:23 pm

If you were at last night’s game, this post will make perfect sense; if not, sorry.
Cut Nook Logan or fire the third base coach. Now. Maybe both. Another second with these guys on the bench is completely unacceptable. That wasn’t a rookie mistake; it was a Gulf Coast League mistake. I expect Nook to […]

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I Still Need To Get Out To The Potomac Nationals’ $1 Ticket & $1 Hot Dog Monday Night

Friday, June 22, 2007 – 11:53 am

Dave Sheinin sure knows how to get us Nats fans excited.
I’ve been following the first full professional season of Chris Marrero, the Nationals’ top draft pick in ‘06, pretty closely considering that he has been playing in the lowest levels of the minors. He burst out of the gate with eight home runs […]

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