Excuse me:

Seriously... did the Nats kick your mom out of her house to build their park or something?

Ahh yes... of course some bullshit local CBS affiliate from fucking Sacramento might not have all their facts straight. I’m telling you as a DC resident (and yes, a fan... so the fuck what) that they did do a pre-sale for the first home series against the Phillies in 2012. Here’s a source:

He did... but MOY is a pretty bullshit award that goes sorta along the lines of “most improved team.”

I once watched a waiter shave a mass of in season, fresh white truffles onto my wife’s plate in Italy. That was the one time where I could say truffles seemed like a thing that was worthy of existing, it tasted pretty amazing. That being said, we then got the bill and found out it added 24Euros to experience (thanks…

Finding the brown bag of Granma Utz fried in lard is like making a pilgrimage to potato chip Mecca.

Show me a geographical limit on tickets. You’re completely full of shit. They once (read: one time) had a pre-sale for DMV residents for one series of one season.

I am strongly in favor of either of those options. Porter was my vote to replace Davey, until he went to the Astros and wasn’t available anymore. Werth appears to be the kind of guy that will make a great manager somewhere, someday (they all said the same about Matty though)... I hope it happens.

The exact quote is in the article above.

They still have a way better manager than we do in DC.

He said he wouldn’t go anywhere where he wasn’t the closer... he is the closer. But, he’s also publicly told Williams that he’ll do whatever is needed, including pitching earlier than the 9th. He doesn’t want to miss out on obvious save opportunities, but barring that he seems more than willing to help right the ship.

(Editor’s Note: This is an excellent story. Some of you are reading this story wondering why it’s at the beginning and not the end—the spot I typically save for the best story.

OK fine. I give. The Nats did what they’ve always done. They did what they said they were going to do long before the season began, or they knew the season would be as good as it was. But sure, it was all Boras. I bow to your all-knowing wisdom.

Jesus fucking christ... did you watch any of his starts at the end of that season? Do you accept no possibility that a guy pitching further into a season than he ever had before might have fallen off a cliff at the end? Max Scherzer pitched lights out for half the season this year, and then fell in the toilet. Picking…

that was my thought exactly.

I conceded that you were correct in pointing out he had a good start in there. I just merely pointed out you ignored the two terrible starts too. I will humbly apologize for generalizing, and even perhaps exaggerating, if that will make you happy.

Except they weren’t supposed to have the season they did in 2012. They overachieved early. They also stated their plan was going to be exactly the same as it was with JZ when Stras had the surgery (over 1 yr before they were steamrolling into the playoffs). Every baseball fan on the planet knew he was going to be…

It’s funny you picked that one, but ignored the one before it and the one after it. But I’ll concede he had a decent game there. That aside, the dude looked gassed at the end.

You know the Nats already had a history of doing it with non-Boras clients before Stras, right? You knew that, but you wanted to make a dumb-ass comment anyway.

The Nats had already done the exact same thing (not in a pennant race) with Jordan Zimmermann (not a Boras client) the year before. So maybe... just maybe, Rizzo and the Nats were listening to medical professionals, and not agents and fans. Given the number of clients Boras has steered to the Nats I’d say he’s a fan…