Thanks to Mark Zuckerman for pointing this tidbit out. The Nationals are now the butt of jokes across the league. Today in Texas the Nationals were the butt of a trade deadline practical joke. Rangers reliever Eddie Guardado was sitting in the steam room before the game and the trade deadline this afternoon, when manager Ron Washington told him the news. Guardado, he said, had been traded to the Washington Nationals, and sadly the Rangers got nothing in return. Guardado was so angry with the news, he stormed to the front office, wearing his warm up clothes and shower shoes and demanded an explanation.
“There’s Jay Robertson, John Hart, Thad Levine, all those guys,” Guardado said. “They’re all sitting around and nobody is smiling. I go, ‘Washington Nationals? You’ve got to be kidding.’”
The execs couldn’t keep a straight face for long though, and eventually Guardado discovered he had been the victim of a classic trade deadline practical joke.
Guess no one wants to come to DC. After losing nine in a row, who can blame them. However, we are excited to see the new guys in action hopefully this weekend.
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July 31st, 2008 at 10:00 pm
So is it safe to say, you’re losing heart?
August 1st, 2008 at 10:51 am
Thank you guys for keeping up your blog through what (hopefully) are the darkest days. I’ve been getting my nats news from y’all ever since Capitol Punishment went AWOL, and I am in awe of the effort you guys put into covering this “organization”
Our leader in HRs is Ronnie Belliard with 9. It can’t get worse than this. Right?
August 1st, 2008 at 11:50 am
Rob, it’s pretty bad. but if they don’t pony up to sign Crow, that will be worse.
August 1st, 2008 at 1:02 pm
11 million wasted on Lo Duca, Lopez and Estrada.
I’ll even give you Lopez. We sought out Lo Duca and Estrada and wasted over 6 million.
Now we are way behind everybody but the Giants in signing our top 5 picks. This is so embarrasing.