"We did some good things and a lot of bad things."
(Pat Corrales, via Washington Post, 9/27/2008)
Phillies 8, Nationals 3. A slight modification to the old saying about the Senators: First in war, first in peace, and last in Major League Baseball.
Nationals finish season from hell with worst record in baseball; secure #1 pick in 2009 Draft. Hello, Steven Strasburg! Next question: will the cheapskate, penny-pinching, tight-fisted Lerner Family pay Scott Boras' obscene ransom for the services of Strasburg? The only acceptable answer is: Yes.
Heads start rolling...please pack your bags if your name isn't Randy St. Claire. Thanks for the memories: Pat Corrales, Tim Tolman, Jerry Morales, Rick Aponte, and Lenny Harris.
(AP Photo/Tom Mihalek)
At this point -- notwithstanding the relative effectiveness of Coonelly and Huntington vs. Kasten and (especially) Bowden -- I'd a hell of a lot rather deal with Boras than with the Hendrickses.
Posted by: Hendo | September 28, 2008 at 06:23 PM
So what you're basically saying, Hendo, is that you'd rather make a deal with the Devil -- and don't get me wrong, Scott Boras is Satan -- than with the Hendricks Brothers?
What a year. Don't you just feel completely beaten down by this season?
Posted by: The Nationals Enquirer | September 28, 2008 at 08:01 PM
Enough of the negative bullshit crap. You are not a real fan. Real fans stick by their teams through thick and thin. And please lose the "Lerners are Cheap" schtick. It is getting old.
Posted by: Anonymous | September 28, 2008 at 08:19 PM
The Lerners only care about their shopping malls, they weren't qualified to own a baseball team. Screw them.
Posted by: tom | September 28, 2008 at 08:34 PM
@Anon: Guilty as charged. Admit it, though: you're scared shitless the Nats will draw some imaginary line in the sand against Boras and whether it's realistic or not they'll go down in flames defending said line.
@Tom: Now, that's not fair at all! Screw you!
Posted by: The Nationals Enqurier | September 28, 2008 at 08:57 PM
I hate you.
Posted by: T. Lerner | September 28, 2008 at 09:05 PM
The real problem is the career minor leaguer they have supposedly steering the ship day to day. Manny Acta must go!
Posted by: Acta must go | September 28, 2008 at 09:16 PM
Boooooooooo! Booooooo! Boooooo! Fire everybody!
Posted by: Booooooo! | September 28, 2008 at 09:23 PM