This has been the most 2025 Nationals inning of the 2026 Nationals season. When Carlos Mendoza wakes up tomorrow morning still employed, I hope he sends Zack Littell an Edible Arrangement or something.

“You asked for miracles, Mets fans? I give you the Zack. Lit. Tel.”

The Giants might have done us a franchise-altering favor by balking at the Nationals’ demand of Bryce Eldridge in a CJ Abrams trade.

So Max Scherzer and his nearly 10.00 ERA go on the IL one day before Trey Yesavage comes off of it? I guess that’s one way to avoid having to cut a future Hall of Famer. I guess the question now is, does Max play ball and retire?

If Cohen and the Lerners want to swap teams, I would take that deal! I mean, say what you will about some of the decisions he’s made. At least he cares about the Mets. Whereas the Lerners’ priorities are something like: 1) Lerner Enterprises … 99) Nationals Philanthropies 100) Washington Nationals

With Thomson gone, Phillies fans can now focus on what seems to be their favorite hobby: figuring out how to get Kevin Long, considered to be one of the best hitting coaches in MLB and who has helped lead the team to multiple offensive seasons of note, fired. (No one said they were a bright bunch.)

When you get the chance to fire a manager who’s taken your team to the postseason 4-out-of-4 seasons, including a World Series, you gotta do it. It’s not because the roster’s old as shit and the idiot GM re-signed a post-TOS Strasburgian Aaron Nola and refused to trade Bohm. It’s Thomson’s fault!

I remember watching PTI 20 years ago where a guy raced a child to get a foul ball in an empty section. Wilbon expressed his disgust, they moved on to the next segment and the guy remained anonymous. But now we have 24/7 social media! You have to know your face will be everywhere! It’s not worth it!

Not a surprise given his condition. But this sucks. Most of the coverage of Gerry Conway’s career will focus on the Punisher and Spider-Man. But when I was a kid watching Super Friends, it was Firestorm that really grabbed me and got me into reading comics. RIP. www.al.com/news/2026/04...

A) Great pilot, though. B) Will forever appreciate it for explaining the distinction between a sketch and a skit. C) I’d be curious to visit the alternate reality in which Studio 60 enjoyed a long and distinguished West Wing-esque run and 30 Rock was cancelled after one season.

If Carlos Mendoza can just hang on for 48 hours, I think there’s a decent shot that Zack Littell and Miles Mikolas will save his job.

Mets lose; 9-18. ($382,000,000 payroll.) Phillies lose; 9-19. ($296,000,000 payroll.) Nationals win; 13-16.($115,000,000 payroll.) I’m very sorry, Mr. Lerner. You’re right. Spending money IS stupid.

Jake Tapper: You know, I often think back to that night when a madman tried to shoot President Trump and myself, and it seems to me— CNN guest: Jake, what the fuck are you talking about?

But you two crazy kids didn’t count on Jake “Leading Cause of Divorce” Irvin and Nasim “It’s Like Rain on Your Wedding Day” Nuñez, though, did you?

If you’re beloved former Boston Red Sox player Jason Varitek who’s also in the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame, it must feel incredibly weird to be fired by the Boston Red Sox. His immediate reaction when he found out must have been “Uh…do you know who I am?” Anyway, take notes, Buster Posey.

“Oh. So we’re firing managers already, huh? Okay. Interesting.” - Carlos Mendoza and Rob Thomson

Even for Trump, sending Jimmy Fallon to the UK to do comedy is an unconscionable act.

Neither one of these people deserve sympathy. But man, if I had to walk around knowing that my entire life—career, marriage, reputation, etc—had been blown up over a *four-figure* payday, I would have a very hard time functioning. I know blackmail isn’t kosher, but surely Vrabel would’ve paid six?

I have to think that Mark Rypien was close to being pulled offstage.

“We're all told at some point in time that we can no longer play the children's game, we just don't know when that's gonna be” There’s nothing more depressing than an athlete who doesn’t know when to walk away. Especially one who was once great. I don’t want that for him. Walk into the light, Max!

Let’s do it.

“You’re getting dressed up so you can attend a fancy party and take a selfie with Mike Johnson? But with your platform as a journalist, you could skip this event in the name of the First Amendment!” “But I don’t want to skip this event. I want to get dressed up and take a selfie with Mike Johnson.”

I’ve had this on my to-watch list for 27 years and have somehow avoided actually doing so. *Incredible* trailer, though. In those 27 years, the collective time I’ve spent watching the trailer is probably about equal to the runtime of the film itself.

I mean, the NFL could also nix the bit where every drafted player gets congratulated by 20 people and walks down a long hallway as slowly and dramatically as possible. The total elapsed time between when a pick is announced and when the player is hugging Roger Goodell should be about 30 seconds.

The bizarre war this month between American conservatives and the Pope makes a lot more sense once you realize it was all just viral marketing for the final season of The Boys. I guess Bezos called in some favors. Wow. JD Vance. You really had us going there for a minute!

Is The Pitt really going to squander an amazing opportunity to use the NFL Draft as the backdrop for next season? Imagine some sort of accident that results in dozens of patients in a variety of NFL jerseys being brought into the ER. Hilarity ensues!

I can’t decide if that LinkedIn commercial was incredibly brilliant or incredibly cringey.

“How will your skills translate to the NFL?” is probably an unfairly deep question to ask a 20 year-old kid whose life just changed forever and knows millions of people are watching him. That said, “It’s a blessing,” is a hilariously terrible answer.

What if when you die and go to Heaven, you find out that God is actually a psychotic sports fan and that athletes are right to praise Him for literally everything? And maybe that the reason everything on Earth sucks is because He’s been focused entirely on football for decades now?

Every April I marvel at the sheer number of people who are eager to be crammed together like cattle hundreds of feet away from the stage just so they can say they were at the NFL Draft. I guess booing Goodell is a cool rite of passage for any NFL fan. But honestly, he kind of gets off on it.

Why spell your name D4vd if you’re just going to pronounce it David? I don’t know if Dfourved is an especially great stage name, but at least it’s different. Anyway, I guess he bigger things to worry about than what I think of his name.

Unless naming the kid Michael was her husband’s idea, this is a psychotic thing to do to someone you’re married to and theoretically care deeply about.

People have issues with Kolko and Frandsen, but my main critique is how laser-focused they are on fans giving caught objects to kids. As long as you don’t fight a kid for a ball (or bat), it’s yours! Don’t be bullied into giving it to someone who will lose all interest in it after a month.

Just leave your spouses, you weirdos.

I feel like the 2026 Nationals are close to warranting their own Tungsten Arm O'Doyle tweet. Two league-average starters are arguably the only thing standing between this team and pushing for a playoff spot.

People say chivalry is dead, but I think it’s sweet that Mike Vrabel saw what has happening with Russini and decided to step up and say “Everyone should laugh at me instead!”

I’m tired of all these woe-is-me stories about the Mets and Phillies being on losing streaks. The Nationals’ losing streak is back up to 1, but you don’t see anyone freaking out over it.

It sucks that our fate this season is apparently to watch James Wood hit towering home runs and the rest of the lineup heroically manufacture runs, only to lose winnable games because the Lerners are mad they’re still paying Strasburg.

Praising Zack Littell for going six innings while giving up eight runs is some Harry Doyle shit.

Between Mikolas and Littell, we’re getting dangerously close to the Nationals letting a golden retriever pitch and daring MLB to point out in the rules where that’s not allowed.

Kind of stunned that Nats Park is a top-five favorable destination for visiting MLB teams. Is it partly because some of those teams feel like they’re playing in front of a home crowd when they come here? Maybe. Let’s not dwell on that part. www.nytimes.com/athletic/721...

Meanwhile, it’s insane that MLB’s top offense has no home run celebration, even though the Nationals have traditionally been great at it. Safe to assume Davey hated any sort of fun. And it didn’t last long under Cairo, so I guess he wasn’t a fan. But Butera’s a young guy! Bring back Uncle Slam!

Every Democratic lawmaker over 70 should be ruthlessly primaried. Even the ones we like. Bullying works, too! A drooling Dianne Feinstein was mercilessly shoved out of the way. Eleanor Holmes Norton was effectively told “You can retire or be humiliated.” But they all want to die in office, so…

Giolito sat out until late April over a one-year, $3 million contract? I’m pretty sure even the Lerners would have signed off on that. Front offices must think he’s completely cooked. Luckily, this guy’s always down for a party.

Hard to believe this can just be attributed to the Nationals hiring a new hitting coach and investing in a Trajekt machine. But I hope the thought that if they hadn’t been so complacent and stubbornly old-school, maybe they’d still have jobs, occasionally gives Davey and Rizzo something to consider.

This is maybe why you don’t spend $765 million all on one guy.

Virginia has no pro teams, so it’s unfortunate that the Orioles spoiled what could have been a rare DMV trifecta.

“Girls trip” had a good run.

This is maybe the most unfair Telematrix game I’ve seen. (You can only use SVU once.)

Get these guys some City Disconnect jerseys, amirite? Thank God for Drew Millas.