Nationals shut down by D-backs

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SHAWN OF THE DEAD
Published 6/2/2008 by ck at The Nationals Enquirer
"Didn't do a good job of keeping the team in the ballgame, basically... I knew something was not entirely right, but the velocity was fine. I was throwing strikes, just not with the off-speed stuff. Going into the game, I actually felt kind of loose and ready to go." (Shawn Hill, via AP, 6/01/2008) D-Backs 5, NAAAts ...

Morning Look: Sliding Millz
Published 6/2/2008 by Dan Steinberg at D.C. Sports Bog
... the caption, this time shot by the AP's Paul Connors : "Washington Nationals centerfielder Lastings Milledge can't make the catch on a flyball." Well, sure he couldn't. But, just like last week, 'tis better to have slid and missed than never to have slid at all. That seems to be the prevailing philosophy, anyhow. Now if we could just get Wily Mo and Langerstonehans and Wack Mackowiak to dive and miss, this feature'll be taken care of for the rest of the week. "I'm embarrassed," Felipe Lopez said , and although he was talking about the hitting, you know, it's a kind of ...