After a horrendous season for the Red Sox, and a great season with an untimely end for the Nationals, I can engage in a bit of schadenfreude while also congratulating the Tigers
Happy Yankees Elimination Day!
(I know, getting down 0-3 in an ALCS is a hard place to be, especially when game 4 gets postponed. I mean has any team ever been in that situation and rallied to win the ALCS?)
Infographic: A Map Of America’s 1,000 Breweries
It’s exciting to think that with multiple breweries getting ready to come online within the next year or so (Bluejacket, Hellbender and 3 Stars, among others), the DC area is not too far from its own bulb-out on the map!
Why Wes Anderson cast Edward Norton as a scoutmaster in his film: “Edward Norton was someone who I corresponded with over the years, and he was somebody who I thought of as a scoutmaster. He looks like he has been painted by Norman Rockwell.”
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HAND IN IT The Muppets receive a “star” on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. (Photo: Fred Prouser / Reuters via The Telegraph)
Strasburg-mania returned to the Washington area this evening, and the man did not disappoint, managing 5 scoreless innings and giving up 2 hits and no walks, in only 56 pitches.
Sadly, the bullpen couldn’t hold that lead for him, but the team has an opportunity to get this one back in their last four innings at the plate.
(Photo via Washington Times)
They say baseball is a game of inches, but it’s really a game of little details. Sox captain Jason Varitek paints or tapes his nails so pitchers can see his signs easier. Knuckleballer Tim Wakefield never lets his fingertips touch the stitches when he throws a pitch, and Adrian Gonzalez hits with the name of his favorite psalm emblazoned on his bat. Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Stan Grossfeld took a long lens around Fenway Park to capture the scene up close and personal. (17 photos)
I don’t typically watch runway shows, but this was impressive, or something.
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Jim Riggleman’s departure was inevitable, just sooner than expected - The Washington Post
With a couple of days to mull over it, both positions make a bit more sense, and as last night’s wild Nats win in Chicago seems to indicate, the Nationals train is showing no signs of slowing down.
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We arrived in Pittsburgh to this “gift” from my father-in-law before tonight’s Red Sox-Pirates game. I have similarly bought him a Red Sox jersey, and whoever’s team loses has to wear the opposing team jersey for the rest of the weekend.
Go Sox!
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Washington Nationals Pitcher Collin Balester, after seeing teammate Wilson Ramos hit a walk-off three run homer to defeat the Seattle Mariners (via forcedpriority)
The Nats were down 5-1 going into the bottom of the ninth, and managed to score five runs, all with 2 outs in the bottom of the 9th, to come back for a 6-5 win.
Having gone to Sunday’s game vs. the O’s, I’m starting to think that Washington-area fans may be finally starting to come around to support this team, and that the players definitely deserve that support!
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You know the Washington Nationals have it bad when even God is rooting against them.
A group of nuns cheers amongst the crowd after the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Washington Nationals during a baseball game, Wednesday, May 25, 2011, in Milwaukee. The Brewers won 6-4. (AP Photo/ Jeffrey Phelps)
The 50 Greatest Mustaches in MLB History
To give you the hint of the enormity of this list, Wade Boggs only clocks in at number 11. (via nebraska-admiral)
![The Orioles Adam Jones catches air in the outfield.
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Want to Get Away? The Orioles’ Adam Jones has a picturesque collision with a Southwest Airlines ad after making a catch against the Yankees.
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The Orioles Adam Jones catches air in the outfield.
Want to Get Away? The Orioles’ Adam Jones has a picturesque collision with a Southwest Airlines ad after making a catch against the Yankees.
- CT
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