It’s amazing what some wins will do for your mood, huh?  I echo Steph’s sentiment about that late night game on Monday.  I just could not miss Jordan Zimmermann’s debut.  We watched him and interviewed him at Potomac last summer.   I watched him once at Harrisburg.  It was just too exciting to miss.

And to be honest, those rainy games are the best.  They force you to say to yourself:  I don’t need sleep.  My team has won one game and it’s midnight and it’s raining and I must be insane.  But in those moments of insanity, you’ll meet some pretty cool people.  Or bond with old friends that are equally crazy.  Or remember that even though you absolutely hate strongly dislike this franchise, sometimes, it’s almost part of your family.  You really, really can’t quite walk away, even when you’re mad.  After every test, every twist and turn, every bad game, every horrible roster move, every “I’m done!” scream at the TV, every over-hyped-he’s-so-good promise to every we-thought-he-was-so-great, so-it’s-all-his-fault-that-he’s-mediocre let-down, somehow we keep coming back for more.

I guess it’s unconditional love.

Though I wouldn’t have been there on Monday with Daniel Cabrera on the mound.  Promise.

NatsTown has some seriously dedicated fans.  Like em, love em, hate em — we all do our different thing but if you looked around on Monday night, you saw the same old loyal people.  They don’t miss a beat.  They live and breathe this;  if nothing else, their commitment is worthy of my respect.

Random Thoughts:

I’m excited about the Zimmerman contract.  I believe it was important to lock up the franchise player; I’m not sure about the details of the deal or what Zimmerman’s true potential is, but I look forward to finding out.

Wily Mo Pena signed a minor league deal with the Mets, continuing the parade of ex-Nats to the north.

Danielle notes that Robert Fick has a new job.

I’m heading to Citi Field for the first time this weekend, though not in time for Johan Santana’s Friday start.

My fantasy teams are a total disaster.  The one in the Natmosphere League is the absolute worst and it’s the only one documented publicly every week by FJB.  How embarrassing!! I’m a good sport though.  I was the idiot that took too many Nationals to begin with in the auto-draft.  I’m trying to get it turned around but… ugh!   At least one of my Nat-less teams is doing alright.

The Natinals jerseys were funny; the apology from Majestic was sincere.  Sometimes you just have to laugh though.  Everything that can go wrong, does.

On the bullpen makeover:  I hope Rivera can figure it out. We’ve always been big fans.  It’s too bad about Beimel’s injury because that was a great defensive play.  I was really excited to see a fellow Steelers fan and a AAABA alum on the mound all season; I hope he bounces back quickly.  What is with all these injuries?

It’s nice to see Bergmann back up after what seemed like an unjustified demotion to start the season.  I’m all for seeing the young kids, but when you are this bad, it’s hard to understand throwing relievers like Shell or starters like Hill or closers like Cordero away?  I guess we’ll see what made sense and what didn’t soon enough.

The Red Porch rocks this year.  Get the cookies & milk.  They are served warm.

Have a good week! Go Nats!

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