NATS (11-3) BETTER THAN MARLINS YESTERDAY

 unexpected ace 
 of early season Joe Ross 
 pulled early - uh oh 

 pitching hand callous became 
 blister but the Nats still won 

NATS RISE TO GLORY game forty-three

(I feel like Strasborg's arm should be like this, plz)

Another Stephon Strasborg start ended in a smackering-around of Senor Strasburg, who got waxed for 4 in the 3rd, and gave up another 2 in the 4th before getting yanked before the end of the inning. He's really not looking good at all, and it has the feel of Matt Williams letting him take some knocks to prove to Strasburg himself he's not up-to-par, and then here in a week or two we're gonna see ol' Strasburg hit the DL for something or another - maybe not a season ender, in fact I doubt that's the case at all, but definitely a respite, then maybe a Triple-A rehab start or some shit like that. Pitchers (and baseball players) are so fucked up and psychological that you can't just pull the dude like that without letting him realize to himself he's probably fucked up, but in a soft-gloved way so that he's not overwhelmed with horrible psyche piledrivers of "I'm fucked up, perhaps forever?" I don't know, if you had told me that in a 5-man rotation Strasburg would be - by far - the weakest link, I wouldn't have seen that shit coming. And yet, that's exactly where we are currently.

Nats were 25-18.

Curly W 9-3

it is nearly impossible not to love

Gio Gonzalez

this pitching staff is not only good

but damn man

Gio & Edwin Jackson

are wacky motherfuckers

it is impossible not to feel good

w/ this fucked up team