Batter Up

Last month Canadian singer Kathleen Edwards performed in the DC area. She couldn't resist commenting on the Washington Nationals baseball team, which had previously been the Montreal Expos. "Enjoy the continuous losing," she said. "Why the [bleep] do you think they left Montreal?"

The comment was rather asinine for a number of reasons. First of all, you don't go into a strange city and immediately start disparaging it. Secondly, despite dismal expectations for the team before the beginning of the season, they quickly demonstrated that they were not going to rollover for their opponents the way expansion teams usually do.

Then last night they accomplished something that no one had expected them to: After winning seven of their last eight games and completing a four game sweep of the Florida Marlins, the Nationals were sitting on top of the National League East. This is the first time a DC baseball team has led its division this late in the season since 1933.

I bear no animosity towards Ms. Edwards for her stupid comments. In fact, I'd like to offer her a souvenir baseball bat, along with a recommendation as to what she can do with it.

Then, sadly, there are the Washington Redskins. Three months away from the beginning of the regular season, and the team's prospects have already begun a long, slow swirl down the toilet. Sean Taylor, who was the 'Skins to draft pick last year and wasted no time proving himself to be a spoiled brat, has now gotten himself arrested in Florida for pulling a gun on some people.

What a moron.

Everyone knows that if you're a big name sports figure, you don't go around pointing firearms at people!!! That's why the first thing you do when you land a multi-million dollar contract is go out and hire yourself a posse, and let them go around pointing guns at people!