In case anyone had an image of the Nationals as "lovable losers"

[yendi]

Looks like that phrase is only half accurate.

I think they just leapfrogged the Braves, Phillies, and Yankees as my least favorite team in baseball. May their season continue on the same pace it's off to already.

Comments

[lynxreign.livejournal.com]

Because the team fined him or because he charged so much talk to the kids for a minute?

[yendi]

The former. I don't have enough of a sense of what players tend to get for appearances to know if he ripped them off, if they made the offer on their own, etc.

[lynxreign.livejournal.com]

So you don't see it as a standard "If you're late for practice, you're fined and benched" thing?

[blergeatkitty.livejournal.com]

Gotta love those Natinals. (http://www.mcall.com/news/local/all-nationals-majestic-0421cn,0,2260703.story)

[liamstliam.livejournal.com]

I politely disagree.

He is a professional baseball player.

He was late for a game.

I would have suspended him for at least a game and fined him a lot more.

It does not matter where he was.

And he's an ass if he let's the league pay it.

[liamstliam.livejournal.com]

Oh, and wait. He's a pro baseball player and he *took* money from the Little League for the appearance?

Dude, write them a check for $10,000 and call it a day.

Wow.

You certainly pushed my buttons.

[sterlingnorth.livejournal.com]

I believe a team needs to represent its hometown.

Most of the people who live here are politicians and lobbyists.

Ergo. . .