THERE AREN'T ENOUGH WORDS ....
[May 12th] -- Over the past few weeks, at least two Nationals' blogs went dark, and two others made the move from daily (or almost daily) posting to "as the need arises." Over the past few days, several of my fellow bloggers have admitted that they are finding it difficult to find positive things to write about, that trying to come up with interesting takes on these bad games has made blogging less fun.
And then this happens.
I'm not going to go into any great detail of what happened; we all know the story by now. The Nats tied the game at 1-1 in the 9th, went up 4-1 in the 11th and then lost the game 5-4 when Ken Griffey launched a walk-off home run off of Joey Eischen.
Forget for a moment Nick Johnson's 10th home run of the young season, or Jose Vidro's three hits, or Zach Day's seven inning, seven hit, one run performance. Let's focus on the loss. This wasn't just another loss, it was a loss that left the Nationals' team feeling as if it's living under some kind of voo-doo spell, that no matter what they do, no matter how good they play, bad things are going to happen. They're proving that they are playing under a spell, game after game, after game, after game ....
I'm so glad that I still have final exams to prepare for -- that gives me a good excuse to not write any more tonight. I'm beginning to feel that sense of discomfort that Basil and others have referred to, that no matter how long I sit at my desk, regardless of how many catchy phrases I come up with, none of it is making me particularly happy. Now that we have an owner, and a stadium, and there isn't anything left to wait for, I'm feeling a little down.
And games like this just seem to make it worse.
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