Just a couple more days and the regular baseball season will be over. My favorite team, the Washington Nationals, are nearing the end of their second straight season with more than one hundred losses. Pitching coach got fired. Manager got fired. One of my favorite players, Nick Johnson, got traded. The starters didn't always make it throught the sixth inning. The bullpen found new and novel ways to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. The defense at times was pretty offensive. Injuries seemed to curtail glimmers of hope. Still, there was still much to be enjoyed: Ryan Zimmerman, Adam Dunn, Nyjer Morgan, Jordan Zimmermann, the Stephen Strasbug signing, Bob, Rob, and Debbie, taking two out of three from the Yankees in New York, sweeping the Mets in the pentulimate series of the year - the last one coming on a walk-off grand slam by Justin Maxwell. I've got hope for next year. Maybe Teddy will win won next year. But the season is about over. In the spirit of Colossians 3:17 (And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.), I thank God for 100+ loss seasons.
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