A Clean Sweep
September 27, 2007 8:25 am
Even if you’re not a baseball fan, you’ve got to love the September drama unfolding at the hands of our beleaguered and beloved Washington Nationals. The New York Mets have led the NL East most of the year, mostly by a wide margin, but have watched that lead dwindle over the last month. Now they hold a precarious one game advantage over the Phillies.
And our Nats have done it to them. Playing the spoilers, the Nationals have risen far beyond the predicted malaise, taking the division-leading Mets in 5 games out of the last 6, outscoring them in this latest series 32 to 19. The Nationals have now improved on last year’s record by at least one win, and are decidedly not in last place of the East (thank you, Marlins!).
If this is gibberish to you, don’t be concerned. All I’m saying is that there is great joy to be had in September if you’re a Nationals fan. We can thank God for this pleasant diversion while we root, root, root for our home team.
2 Responses to “A Clean Sweep”
Go Nats…And Yankees!!!! In case anyone else is following the AL, the Yanks just clinched a playoff spot after being completely out of it in the first 1/2. I’m really glad the nats won’t be in last!
I was laughing so hard when I heard that the Mets kept blowing leads to the Nats. XD It’s to bad the Nationals can’t make it into the playoffs. ;-;
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