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I go away for a family wedding (and sun, surf, food & drink, etc.) on the Grand Strand (more to come) and it gets a little exciting in Natstown. Or at least on Washington Nationals first western road trip of the season. I thought the timing of my spring break and that trip were ideal, but a few things happened:<\/p>\n

Ryan Zimmerman<\/strong> to the DL, retroactive to April 21. That’s pretty much what I expected the moment I saw Mark De Rosa playing third from the left field stands at my friend Fritz’s bachelor party<\/a>. Get well Zim! Brad Lidge went there too — sports hernia. That’s okay.<\/p>\n

Checking Twitter on Friday, I saw Bryce Harper was getting called up for the second two games of the series at the Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a>. That was kind of surprising, on the service time and baseball fronts. On the former, Harper is under club control through 2018<\/a> (@MarkZuckerman). On the latter, he was hitting .250<\/a> (MiLB.com) with exactly one more homer than I’ve hit this year. Yet, the situation and that bench that Davey Johnson<\/strong> was so proud of prompted Harper’s promotion. The 19 year old has held up his end so far.<\/p>\n

Did I pull up the archived radio broadcasts of Harper’s first at-bat<\/a> (and pregame) from both the Nats (Charlie Slowes and Dave Jageler) and Dodgers (Vin Scully) feeds? I sure did.<\/p>\n

He plays his first baseball game in D.C. tonight, but Harper has already played softball on the Washington Monument grounds<\/a> (The Nats Enquirer<\/em>). That’s awesome – like Willie Mays and stickball in Harlem. He’s growing on me.<\/p>\n

He was also mooned in L.A.<\/a> (Deadspin<\/em>). Smart fans there in Chavez Ravine.<\/p>\n

Harper has continued wearing stirrups<\/a> as well, which I noticed back in the spring.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the team is losing. After winning their first six series, they have 4 losses in a row, including a sweep against the Dodgers. Oof. Tonight the Nats host the Arizona Diamondbacks<\/a> — I may have a guest prognosticator set up for that series later. It should be a beautiful night in Nationals Park tonight. Jordan Zimmermann<\/strong> is pitching. <\/p>\n

I read this as Peter Angelos trolling the Nats<\/a> (The Sun<\/em>) again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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