REDS 4 NATIONALS 2
Poor Start Dooms Nats – The Post
Until further notice, the Nats former ace will be known as Livan Hernandez, not that other name with the “¡” and the “!” He gave up three runs in the first and another in the second, and that was it for the Nationals. Thomas Boswell has more details on the ace’s situation.
More from The Wash. Times: Repeat performance
Boxscore – ESPN
MLB President Pays a Visit to the Lerner Family – The Post
Get out your tea leaves! Maybe this means the Lerner bid will finally be accepted; but really, I don’t know either.
Phil Wood writes in The Wash. Examiner that he does not care where the owner comes from which is my position as well. My primary objection to the non-local Jeff Smulyan is that he proved to be a pretty craptacular owner in Seattle.
More from The Wash. Times: Bidders tout minority involvement – The Wash. Times
Losing face – The Wash. Times
Another anti-Jim Bowden column. I loved these lines:
Bowden is a charlatan who can’t outrun the evidence against him. He couldn’t find big time with a road map.
That’s going up in next month’s rotating quotes.
Patterson’s Next Start Pushed Back – The Post
P John Patterson is going to be pushed back a day in the rotation because of arm stiffness. More from The Wash. Times: Tight arm to delay Patterson’s start