"Enough was enough. We just wanted to make all these guys aware that you can't get complacent just losing. We miss those guys, but still, we're not throwing independent league guys out there, and I felt like they were better than that."
(Manny Acta, via Washington Post, 6/26/2008)
NAAAAts 5, Angels 4: Not a bunch of independent league guys! #3 is Manny's new #4; Jesus saves Manny from needing to call another closed door team meeting Friday.
Look out Philly! Streaking Nationals pull within 12.5 of first place in NL East!
Meanwhile...
Guzmania in 2009-10? Nats offer Guzie a 2 year extension for an unknown amount of $$$ (via Nationals dot com):
The Guzman camp was not insulted by the two-year offer, understanding that general manager Jim Bowden took a tremendous hit for giving Guzman a four-year, $16 million deal after the 2004 season. Guzman has been hurt for most of those four years.
(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
So we can all agree that Flores is presently our best player right? And that makes him a ridiculously productive Rule 5 pick, right? That means Jimmy Hairdo did something smart......
I'm very very worried, next thing you know Obama and James Dobson will be hugging and singing kumbaya together.
Posted by: ckstevenson | June 26, 2008 at 08:58 PM