The Nationals Suck

I mean, the team (14-36) obviously sucks. But the front freaking office really sucks. All I wanted to do was watch Randy Johnson win his 300th game last night. That’s it. But the weather didn’t want to cooperate. Now, you can’t really blame the Nats’ front office for the weather, but you can blame them for keeping people at the ballpark guessing until well after 10 p.m. as to whether or not the game will be played. Trust me: There was no way that game was getting played last night. I haven’t seen rain like that in D.C. for a while. But hey…why send people home when you can trap them in the ballpark, charge them $7.50 for beer and $7 for brats? Dicks. As Jayson Stark puts it today,

At first, Nationals officials informed the assembled media throng that there would be a slight pregame rain delay but then the skies would clear and everything would be fine.

Then, an hour and a half later, with no rain falling and the field completely drained, the tipoff that trouble was brewing came when the game showed no sign of actually beginning. Then came the next update — that another hour of rain was coming but then they’d start at 10 p.m. or so.

But an hour after that — with monsoon-drops still falling and the looming spectacle of a man making baseball history at, like, 3 a.m. — the umpires decided the field was unplayable.

A friend of mine also at the game suggested this as the new Nationals motto:

We’re the Washington Nationals. We kill history.
You want historic sitelines of the US Capitol – we build 14-story towers
and garages to block the view.
You want to see the World Champions Phillies play in the Nats home opener –
we kill their Hall of Fame broadcaster.
You want to see Randy Johnson get his 300th win, the last time anyone
reaches the mark for 20 yrs – we bring apocalypic t’storms, assuring no one
will be there late tonight or tomorrow afternoon to witness history.
The Nats – we don’t make history. We kill it!

This is why I will always be an Orioles fan, worst owner or no.