With the reality of an NHL lockout looming ever closer, I can only assume the Washington Nationals are playing such great baseball with the intention of filling the Caps-shaped holes in DC-area sports fans hearts (and schedules) this fall. There are, of course, many games still to be played and nothing is a given, but they’ve clinched their first winning season since dinosaurs roamed the earth – so things are looking promising.
And today, the Baltimore Orioles slipped past the Yankees to take a tenuous hold of the AL East, leading to a few hyperbolic tweets about how totally awesome it would be to have a Battle of the Beltways World Series. It would be, but seriously? So many things would have to happen just so for that to happen that… well, I have greater confidence that the NHL and the Players Association will come to an agreement by their deadline a week from Saturday.
Which is to say, no confidence whatsoever.
Anyway, here’s a picture from Sunday’s win over the Cardinals. Not bad, I don’t think, given that it was taken from section 227.
Nationals vs. Cardinals, September 2, 2012
You realize you’re dooming them to getting washed out in the first round of the playoffs, right?
Oh, I don’t think so – I used as much anti-jinx language as I possibly could!