Never say die! Until you are just so dead.

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When Mike O'Connor threw the first pitch of his night and it got smacked to the left field bleachers - WE WERE THERE.

When he gave up two more in the third inning - WE WERE THERE.

And when he gave up two more in the fourth inning, then put three more guys on base, then threw three balls in a row to Dan Ugla - We ... we were still there, but web surfing.

When they yanked O'Connor in the midst of the at-bat and put in Joel "Crazy Arms" Hanrahan, and Hanrahan threw his very first pitch wild to score a run, and his next pitch hanging over the plate like a piñata, and Ugla swung at that thing like Big John swings a hammer, putting another one in the same bleachers as the first pitch homer only this time for a grand slam ... we were still there, albeit alone because everybody else was leaving.

One note that may not have made the other papers: The dude who caught the grand slam ball not only threw it back onto the field, but he threw it from center-left field all the way past short stop. It was a better pitch than anything O'Connor had offered. The guy was ejected from the park, but he got quite a send-off from the crowd. He seemed to love feeling the love. He sprayed his $7.50 beer in front of him in a hysterically rude manner. If ESPN were forced to show highlights of this game, that would have been it.

Shocker: The Nats lose. Thhhhhhhhhe Nats lose. Shut out. Disassembled like Number 5. They just stood out there wearin' it. O'Connor was on a plane bound for Columbus before they turned off the floodlights.
In spite of the onfield destruction, we had a great time hanging out and watching the Real Fans.



real fans

So we got swept by the Marlins. Shut up. I don't care. Shut up.




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PS BS - Ever since I mentioned Tommy Chong's continuing saga, everybody's been quoting them back to me. Here are the boys in their prime.





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