BEATEN AROUND THE BUSH

"It was kind of hard to see the ball here...At night, you can see better. But day games? The umpire was telling me this was the worst place for day games, just because of the shadows. But, it was just a little bit hard. Their pitcher today, he was throwing fastballs right by us, and they were, like, 85 or 86" mph."
(Wil Nieves, via Washington Post, 8/11/2008)

Brewers 7, NAAAts 1: Same old, same old. New-look Nats starting to lose that new car smell. Swept.

Meanwhile...

• Bonifacio's "little funk."
• [Insert punchline about Nationals medical staff here.]
• Nick Johnson (remember him?) explains his injury-prone career: "Maybe I didn't drink enough milk when I was little."
• Bookie-gate.

(Photo/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)