NATS (57-39) WORSE THAN DODGERS 18 DAYS AGO

 beloved Stephon 
 Strasborg suffers his first 
 loss of this season 

 five runs off two homers by 
 some fuckface Justin Turner 

NATS (57-38) BETTER THAN DODGERS 19 DAYS AGO

 Ultimate Harper 
 with the first inning dinger 
 (dork phrase for "home run") 

 Gio Gonzalez winning 
 fills my heart with shining joy 

NATS (56-38) WORSE THAN DODGERS 20 DAYS AGO

 when the Dodgers are 
 successful, I think of them 
 as like the Yankees 

 that is, they are evil and 
 I hate all that is "Dodgers" 

mathematically eliminated #11 the Los Angeles Dodgers

The St. Louis Cardinals did what they could, by losing earlier in the evening, but the Dodgers could not overcome their lifelong rival in the Giants later last night. All the great hype of Magic Johnson becoming part-owner and the Dodgers buying up a bunch of broke down high value baseball cards amounted to not quite enough. So we do not have any playoff intrigue (too much so) going into this final day of baseball. Oddly enough it brings to mind how the extra playoff spot actually kills some of the postseason intrigue unique to baseball, as we're basically recreating the excitement of a play-in game, but in the process, lessening the chances of a play-in games, at least this year. I guess we'll eventually have a year where there is a play-in to get into the wild card play-in. Still, rather than that normal mid-week showdown to set the playoff stage, we're already sitting around like assholes waiting for Friday's games to happen. This, ultimately, is the biggest flaw in MLB postseason scheduling - a lot of sitting around waiting like an asshole, which gives one too much time to explore the other entertainment offerings of the modern American experience.
Still though, a postseason with the As and Os and Nats and a rebirth of the Reds plus all the teams we all love to hate like the Cardinals and Braves and Yankees... we are down to ten, and that'll be quickly chopped to 8 by Saturday morning, and then we'll begin the long, overly dramatic slow codeine drip of the playoffs. I, for one, have my half bottle of hydrocodone ready. I also downloaded like 8gb of DJ Screw tapes, so I'll probably put the game on mute and just watch it while vibing out to chopped and screwed gangsta rap. Baseball should look into incorporating that. You could have regionally appropriate beats behind the broadcasts. It'd at least make Atlanta more interesting, and Miami more annoying.

Sad DC 14-8

swept by the Dodgers, 4 game losing streak

back to earth we go

yet look at the young Ultimate Harper's hair

so naive so innocent which is essentially the spirit of our team

we will come back to earth yes

but we will walk a proud path towards our destiny

(haha, I'm trippin yall...

but I dig those road reds, might have to order one from China)