Washington's most absurd malady yet

I thought the Nats were World Series bound. FP Santangelo seems to think every night a "historic" pitching performance is wasted because of the offense.

The whole team is overblown hype. They have a very good rotation. Their bullpen is hurting and their offense is mediocre.

I wouldn't touch it either... especially if it was there...

Been there, done that. When it happens, it isn't a laughing matter. At least not for the party involved...

"I'm not gonna touch that,"....OK, that is the coach speak of the year. give him the award now.

Yowza!!!

If he followed Shaq's advice and used an icy hot pain patch instead of the cream, he wouldn't have had hot nuts after the game.

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Originally posted 09:06 AM ET  05.16 by VLO1977

The whole team is overblown hype. They have a very good rotation. Their bullpen is hurting and their offense is mediocre.

You have proven yourself to me to be probably the only objective Phillies fan I've ever encountered on this site, possibly on Earth.

That said, would you agree that in addition to the Nationals, your description fits the Phillies pretty well too?

SportsGrid.com offers up this headline:

When The Nationals??? Manager Talks About Stephen Strasburg Getting Icy Hot On His Balls, Things Get Weird

This is funny stuff.

Classic prank but this time he apparently did it to himself.

QUOTE(#2):

Originally posted 09:06 AM ET  05.16 by VLO1977

I thought the Nats were World Series bound. FP Santangelo seems to think every night a "historic" pitching performance is wasted because of the offense.The whole team is overblown hype. They have a very good rotation. Their bullpen is hurting and their offense is mediocre.

You were talking about your Phillies, i asume. A bunch of overpaid and overhyped!

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Originally posted 10:18 AM ET  05.16 by Yogi-Zen

Classic prank but this time he apparently did it to himself.

Have seen that done in camp, twice...funny so long as you are not on the receiving end.

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Originally posted 12:12 PM ET  05.16 by AllStarz Ruinating the Nation

Have seen that done in camp, twice...funny so long as you are not on the receiving end.

Amen to that!

QUOTE(#2):

Originally posted 09:06 AM ET  05.16 by VLO1977

The whole team is overblown hype.

Overblown hype. I haven't see it. Most pre season predictions that I read had the Nats either missing out of the playoffs or nabbing the last wild card. They've had as many injuries to their 25 man roster as any team in baseball. But they have somehow kept ahead of teams that got more hype like the Marlins and, yes, the Phillies.

SHould we read anything from the fact that the coach said "I'm going to touch that" instead "I'm not going to touch them"?

Everyone here missed the classic Seinfeld show with Kramer...."The Balm? Who told you to put the balm on??!"

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Originally posted 12:12 PM ET  05.16 by AllStarz Ruinating the Nation

Have seen that done in camp, twice...funny so long as you are not on the receiving end.

I pulled this prank on an cocky underclassman on our high school swim team. Icy-Hot in the Speedo. Let's also say that if you ever fall victim to this prank, do NOT try washing off with water. The kid jumped into the pool, and that just aggravated it ten-fold. Probably the best prank I've ever pulled.

This is an old hazing ritual hockey players used to use. But it was never self-administered!

This is an old hockey hazing trick, but I 've never heard of it being self-administered!