Sunday, May 07, 2006

Do you know this man?

Taking a page from Norman Chad. $1.25 to the person who can name this man:


That, friends, is Mike O'Connor. The Nationals season depends on him. Never heard of him? Well, at least he has that going for him. He threw a nice game his last time out. I'll be more excited when he does it against hitters who have seen him before. It's all very nice and convenient to blame the hitting and the defense, but the truth about these Nationals is that the starting rotation is awful. This team isn't so much different than last year's, to this point, except gone are the 4-3 wins. The 2006 Nationals are as able as last year's squad to put up 4 or 5 runs a game. But that wins only a third of the time this year, down from half of the time last year. That, friends, is the difference between a competitive ballclub and a terrible one. The Nats are 10-21. O'Connor goes for them today against the Pirates.

Go Mike.

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