FLORES PARA LOS METOS!

Nats 5, Mets 3: Jesus Flores keeps killing ex-org. The Tim Redding Cy Young Journeyman Express back on track and rolling (win #5)!

Nick Johnson heads home for an MRI, preparing for annual trip to DL.

Meanwhile, freshly minted Washington Post Nats' beat writer Chico Harlan vaults to the lead for "1st Annual Nationals Enquirer Award for Creepiest Opening Paragraph in a Baseball Story (mainstream media)":

NEW YORK, May 14 -- Three hours before the Washington Nationals played their 41st game of the season, Manager Manny Acta lathered his head in a rich foam -- a temporary helmet of white. Acta stood in front of a bathroom mirror in his visiting manager's office and used a razor to shave the faint stubble from his head. He was ready for a clean start. (via Washington Post, 5/14/2008)

...just sayin'...

Hey, we missed a couple of days due to general malaise: a win, a loss, and pure tabloid headline gold from Nelson Figueroa!

(Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images. Hat tip to ckstevenson.org.biz for the post title, artfully crafted from "AStreetcar Named Desire", when that lady selling flowers yells "flores para los muertos!")