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Wrong About The Mets, Right About The Nats

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The Mets celebrated their NL East championship on Saturday night, leaving the Nats stuck in their culture of underachievement. [Credit: Dayton Daily News]

The Mets cel­e­brat­ed their NL East cham­pi­onship on Sat­ur­day night, leav­ing the Nats stuck in their cul­ture of under­achieve­ment. [Cred­it: Day­ton Dai­ly News]

John Boehn­er shed the bur­den of what had become one of Washington’s most cheer­less jobs last week.  Next week, Matt Williams may fol­low him.

Both Boehn­er and the Wash­ing­ton Nation­als’ man­ag­er began the year with high expec­ta­tions.  Boehn­er presided over the largest GOP major­i­ty since 1931.  Williams led a high pay­roll team rich in tal­ent. Both were under­mined by peo­ple they were cho­sen to lead, then blamed for fail­ures that were the fault of their fol­low­ers. Con­tin­ue read­ing →

Exiled From Natstown

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Washington Nationals Bryce Harper is the best player ever. Just ask him. (Credit: AP)

Bryce Harp­er is more than the face of the Wash­ing­ton Nation­als — he is the face of Wash­ing­ton, com­bin­ing high self-esteem with chron­ic under­achieve­ment. (Cred­it: AP)

The Wash­ing­ton Nation­als are a per­fect fit for the nation’s cap­i­tal, com­bin­ing invin­ci­ble self-esteem with chron­ic underachievement.

The Red­skins are neu­rot­ic, the Wiz­ards hun­gry, the Cap­i­tals con­vinced that cat­a­stro­phe awaits. The Nation­als fan­cy them­selves as repeat­ing cham­pi­ons, though they’ve nev­er played in a League Cham­pi­onship Series, much less a World Series.

That thor­ough­ly unjus­ti­fied air of supe­ri­or­i­ty emanates from the top, as I was again remind­ed last week­end when my wife and I were turned away from Nat­stown, the nick­name man­age­ment has giv­en its cook­ie-cut­ter ball­park.  Con­tin­ue read­ing →