(Jordan Zimmermann's performance offered a glimmer of home in NatsTown on Tuesday. Screengrab of TV/MASN by Nationals Enquirer staff.)

"I felt great. That's probably the best I've felt in a long time." 
(Jordan Zimmermann, via Washington Post, 9/1/2010)

Marlins 1, Nationals 0: Tough loss in 10. But Jordan Zimmermann is back and that's all that really matters, right?

(Why didn't Nyjer Morgan slide in the 10th!?)

Meet the New, Temporary Ace (again): Jordan Zimmermann faces the minimum (18 batters) in 6 dominant innings: 6.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 9 K.

Stephen Strasburg to have his Tommy John surgery on Friday. See you in 2011? 2012? Remember J-Zimm.

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