YOUR 12 IN A ROW TEAM!

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We've gone from losing streak to a non-stop block of classic rock.

Brett Myers goes the distance and hands the Nats their 12th straight loss
and 19th shutout game. BTW, the staff and management of TNP has a
little guy crush on Myers. No big deal.


Ryan Zimmerman said in the Wash Times, "We know what we're in for here. It's not like we have a $100 million team out there losing 12 in a row. We want to win just as much as any other team, but sometimes the other teams are just better."

Oh ok. That's probably it. The Nationals payroll is only $54 million. The Phillies are indeed nearly $100 million. That explains the 44-83 record we have here.

By Zim's logic, if the team cuts salaries to $21 million, they would be 22-105 right now - like the Marlins. This kid has a future in the Lerner Group! Oh wait, the Marlins are kicking DC's $54 million dollar asses right now. And so are all these guys:

Pirates (57-70) $48 million
A's (57-69) $47 million
Rays (77-49) $43 million
Marlins (65-62) $21 million

Since we're having fun with numbers, here's one for you: 35. That's how many games are left in the 2008 season. Unless they win more than half of these games, this team will have lost 100 games or more.

Meanwhile, up in China, war broke out with the US Olympic Baseball Team this week. Final body count:

2 Chinese catchers wounded while blocking the plate

4 batters on the US team hit in the body

1 batter on the US team hit in the head (concussion)

3 ejections

1 US Spy plane still being held by China

Final score US 9, China 1

Chicago Tribune had it all here.



Matt LaPorta lies on the ground after being hit in the head by a pitch against China.
(Eric Seals/Detroit Free Press/MCT / August 18, 2008)




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