Subbing for the Kid

Between camp and vacation the Kid has been out of commission. He is currently serving a several week sentence in western Mass in the Berkshires at sleepaway camp, and he asked me to sub for him since two whole months have gone by and most of his readers have stopped looking.

Well we are back!

And what a night to return...will Barry Asterisk Bonds make history? If he does, it will be against our own red hot beloved Nationals who have swept the Reds and then the Cards. And if Barry hits 756 if will be in front of Frank Robinson, another beloved DC related icon. And finally if Barry hits the historic homer, it might be against rookie southpaw John Lannan who coincidentally went to high school with our buddy Joe Graziano, featured prominently on this blog. What a way to get into the record books on your 3rd MLB start.

The Kid was glad the Nats gave the Fatman (Dmitri Young) a contract. Same with belliard. Those two have earned it with seasons that have surprised everyone around. Good news also came from the Washington Caps who made some nifty free agent pick ups (we like Nylander as we met him his first time around in DC when he drove a beat up old mini van as he has a ton of kids), signed Captain Clark for a few more years, and made some other good signings (Sutherby -- we like him despite lots of noise of not living up to potential yet, Eminger (same thing in spades), Jurcina and even Brooksie.

That's it for now, the sub for the Kid must go see how Barry does on his 3rd at bat (so far no go!)