(Photo by Reuters Pictures. Interim Jim ponders the question: "W.W.M.D.? What would Manny do?")
Fire Jim Riggleman!
Cubs 6, Nats 2: He promised more of the same, and his team delivered.
It's like a checklist from the Manny Acta Era! A quality start from John Lannan; errors; baserunning blunders; no offense; and of course, pyrotechnics from the bullpen.
Meanwhile...
Scott Olsen, scratched from tonight's start with tightness in his back; Craig Stammen will start in his place. Hello, J.D. Martin?
Now, let the Julian Tavarez DFA Watch begin!
Bill Ladson reports that "contending teams" are interested in Willie Harris; and that Rizzo may be pulling a Jimbo with Nick Johnson, i.e. asking for sun, moon, and stars:
According to one baseball source, the Nationals are asking too much for Johnson. Teams are not willing to give up top young players for a guy who gets injured often.
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Meet the new boss, same as the old boss!
Posted by: Big Oil | July 17, 2009 at 09:22 AM
Meet the new Nats, same as the old Nats! The post gamer even sounded like Manny wrote it for JimRigg. Love your Rigglemanny reference. All is well in Nats Town, at least in my wierd view of the world.
Posted by: DMan | July 17, 2009 at 09:54 AM
To be fair, the Nats didn't really truly implode until the the top of the ninth. I was at the game last night and at leat the Ben's half smokes are still tasty.
Posted by: El Rey | July 17, 2009 at 01:09 PM
@El Rey - God help us all if the half smokes start sucking, too.
Posted by: The Nationals Enquirer | July 18, 2009 at 10:32 AM