LET'S...GO...NATS!
I'm sorry this first post doesn't contain the usual bells and whistles, but I am currently on a plane from Atlanta to Dulles. I did, however, grab tonight's starting lineups from Mr. Kilgore's blog:
1. Roger Bernadina, CF
2. Jayson Werth, RF
3. Ryan Zimmerman, 3B
4. Laynce Nix, LF
5. Michael Morse, 1B
6. Danny Espinosa, 2B
7. Wilson Ramos, C
8. Matt Stairs, DH
9. Ian Desmond, SS
Let 25 pages of debate over Davey starting Matt Stairs on his first night as skipper commence! Here are my thoughts: While I have been demanding Stairs' unconditional release for two months, I don't have a problem with Johnson finding out once and for all whether this guy can still play baseball. Start him as DH against righties and if he doesn't produce, release him IMMEDIATELY.
Let's go Nats! And again, my apologies for going Cuckoo's Nest over Riggleman vs. Rizzo.