At long last

Nats Win! Nats Win!

Nats beat the Cubs today 6-0. (Would Brose say 6-o?)

Dmitri Young, our All Star First Baseman hit a grand slam that had RFK rocking.

But the best part was that after a long long long long long long time and many many many many missed opportunities, I got a foul ball.

As we walked in, I said to B.Roosevelt that I was mad for forgetting my glove. So when the fateful pop up headed our way, I braved it with my bare hands. It may have bounced off my hands, I may have fallen over backwards into the row behind me, and I may have been caught by the kind folks behind me only to have the ball roll in front of my face as I dangled inches from the concrete. All that was a blur. Alls I know is that I finally got a ball.

Opening Day

Welcome to opening day. Go Nats!

Still not sure if I will make the game. (Work keeps getting in the way.)

President Bush is not throwing out the first pitch this year. The excuse? He's "in meetings." Surely he is not influenced by last year, when the Veep was greeted with what The Washington Post very politely called "some boos." As the Prez joked recently at the Correspondent's Dinner, those were the good old days for the administration. (The whole joke: "A year ago my approval rating was in the 30s, my nominee for the Supreme Court had just withdrawn, and my vice president had shot someone . . . Ah, those were the good ol' days." Click here for the whole routine -- W was very funny.)

But given the team our new owners have assembled, the politicians may not be the only ones facing boos this year.

By July 4, when the Nats host the Cubs (we have tickets - come on up!), I expect the eternally beleaguered Chicago team to be close to first, while the new! and exciting! owners of the Nats should have us close to last place.

Viva Los Expos!