NATS (43-26) WORSE THAN PADRES TWO DAYS AGO

 bullpen totally 
 fucked this one up, giving up 
 six runs in the 8th 

 Felipe Rivero looks 
 like shit, total complete shit 

Merciless 15-2 Victory Eliminates Giants From Wild Card

herp derp

Well, it's pretty apt that the single most horrid game of the year was the one that knocked the Giants out of everything. Baggs has a full rundown on all the facts you need to know about this putrid abomination of a baseball game. It started with an umpire standing in the way of an easy grounder and nearly concussing Mike Fontenot, and ended with a power outage and every pitcher in the Giants bullpen successively shitting a parade of beds.

Although 2012 could potentially be a better season and could potentially be a worse season, at least the bright side is that it's improbable that many, if any games in 2012 will be as bad or worse than this one. Let's all root for Matt Kemp to win the triple crown and for the Brewers to win the pennant, shall we?

Closer Andrew Bailey is off to visit Dr. James Andrews, I'm off to visit Dr. Jack Daniels

So, there goes any sense of optimism my eternally dreary frame of mind has allowed me to enjoy so far in this hasn't-even-really-started baseball season. A's bullpen hammer Andrew Bailey left today's game clutching his right elbow and is headed to Birmingham to see the guy you never go to see unless there is something really, REALLY wrong with you physically. Bailey has already had Tommy John surgery once, so this is pretty much the worst case scenario. With Joey Devine and Josh Outman both struggling to return from injury, the A's are going to have to get some real production out of Brian Fuentes and the loser of the Rich Harden/Brandon McCarthy battle for the 5th starter spot. Harden will probably come out on the losing end of that one, and relying on Rich Harden for ANYTHING is basically guaranteeing yourself some disappointment. OAKLAND A'S BASEBALL, Y'ALL.