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Who's next?

 

6/6/06. The Number of the Beast and all that stuff. Nationals going for win number six in a row. It's been a few days since the last Nat went on the DL and we've got a bad feeling that somebody's going down tonight. After crunching some numbers, we believe that the six most likely candidates are as follows:

Chad Cordero: #32. 3 x 2 = 6.

Nick Johnson: #24. 2 + 4 = 6. And he's just about due for his annual stint on the DL to begin with.

Jon Rauch: #51. 5 + 1 = 6. And that beard. Spooky.

Alfonso Soriano: #12; 21 HRs.  1 + 2 + 2 +  1 =  6. Yikes.

Jose Vidro: #3. 2nd baseman. 3 x 2 = 6. Scared? Yes, you are.

Ryan Zimmerman: #11. But Brendan Harris wears #4. 11 - 4 = 6 7. Now subtract 1. See? And his back is killing him. Admit it; you're a little nervous about his back, aren't you...

Nationals go back to high school

Nats draft a couple of high school kids at 15 (Chris Marrero, 3B) & 22 (Colton Willems, RHP)

Drafts of any kind generally put us to sleep (NFL, NBA, MLB, what-have-you), and we won't pretend to know a damn thing about either one of the top picks; in fact, we had never heard of either kid until about 30 minutes ago. Apparently Willems is one of the best high school arms in the draft, ranked #3 among this year's draft class by Baseball America in terms of best fastball and best command. But we defer to more knowledgeable sources for more information on the draft.

Streak alive at five

Nats hold on to beat Braves 5-4.

Livan: not great, not exactly good, but good enough to win.

Chief: heart-attack-inducing ninth, but still nails down save #10.

Hill takes the hill mound ball tonight for Old Frank as the boys go for six straight.

Soriano making Jimbo look like a genius

"I like stealing bases better...I've never seen myself as much of a home run hitter." (Alfonso Soriano, via Washington Post, , 6/5/2006)

Brad who? Can we please stop crying about Wilkie now? Now if Jimbo REALLY wants to show how smart he is, he'll trade Soriano.

"Skinny Dave Kingman with wheels" and Nats keep inching towards .500 with weekend beat-down of hapless Brewers.

It's up to the artist formerly known as Ace to keep the good times rolling tonight against Tim Hudson and the Braves. Bet the house on Livan.

(Photo by Morry Gash/AP)