The New Morse Code: Swinging An Imaginary Bat

((HT: MASN/The Score/MLB))

Michael Morse of the Washington Nationals thought he hit a grand slam the other night against the St. Louis Cardinals. So did his manager Davey Johnson...

But it took video review for it to actually get figured out that Kyle Lohse served the ball up in that manner...

Instead of being out, or having fellow runners out for passing each other in the confusion... the umps thought of something completely different...

We'll let Bob Carpenter tell you what happened next...


How cool was that...???
Just like when we all grew older...

An imaginary swing for a real home run...
The HQ will take that trade...

DEVELOPING: Strasburg Shut Down

((HT: CSN Washington))

Much to the chagrin of a lot of fantasy owners (and Nationals GM Mike Rizzo et al.) ace Stephen Strasburg has been shut down for the rest of the regular season according to Nats manager Davey Johnson.

Strasburg was lifted after only 67 pitches in his last start (his home finale) which only went 3+ innings matching his shortest start of the year.

Next question is: Will Strasburg be back for the playoffs, or when the Nationals say "shut down for the season" do they mean exactly that...???

Here's the wrap from last night...