Paul Lo Duca Hurts His Hand ... Paul Lo Duca Yells at Fan

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That Houston club is fun to watch, even when they're making my guys look like chumps. For the past two nights, they've stolen 2nd AND 3rd repeatedly, Roy Oswalt faced 28 hitters and struck-out 9 of 'em last night, and look! There's Mr. and Mrs. Bush! No, the GOOD ones from the 90's!

Their fans are fun too. When Paul Lo Duca "re-injured" his hand swinging at a pitch, a couple of class acts sitting behind the dugout took the opportunity to inquire as to the condition of his vagina. Normally, a guy who played at Shea Stadium would take that in stride, but he was reeling from pain and barked back at them. Good on ya, as they say. The two chumps were then kicked outta the park. Other fans then started chanting, "LET THEM STAY ... LET THEM STAY". Astoundingly, they were able to organize this chant without help from pre-recorded hand clap sound effects played over the PA system. It was all for the best. Driving home early is really the best outcome one can hope for when taunting a wounded New York Italian steroid user.

The Astros obviously knew Lo Duca never really healed when he came off the DL. They just kept challenging that throwing hand. Houston stole bases from DC like Obama steals them from Clinton. Luckily, DC has two backup catchers that are better than our starter. Leave Nieves in. Bring Jesus Flores up from the minors. Trade Estrada for prospects. We'll be fine. Better put Justin Maxwell on that plane, too - Willie Mo Peña looks like hell. Oh, and since we're tidying up a bit, fire third base coach Tim Tolman. He's sent more people to an unsafe home than DC's social services department. Two outs in a tie game, and he sends slow chugging Peña on a single to shallow center? If Houston fans want to tease the walking wounded, why not dogpile on him? Game 3 in the series tonight. My homey John Lannan is on the mound opposite Brandon Backe - a deadly young gunslinger. At least it'll be fun to watch.





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