Hard To Blink On Nationals’ Season
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By DERON SNYDER
My 13-year-old daughter was confused Tuesday night when she came into the room and saw the Nationals on TV instead of Heat-Thunder.
“How many games do they play in baseball?” she asked. “One hundred and sixty-two,” I replied. “The NBA finals are on,” she said. “That’s more important than a regular baseball game.”
Of course they are. The basketball game was in a commercial break. But truth be told, I’ve missed several minutes of NBA action this postseason because the Nats are so compelling. Even though 3 1/2 months remain in the regular season and plenty can change in that time — namely, Washington’s hold on first place in the NL East — the Nats’ allure is hard to resist.
And now the red-hot New York Yankees are here, creating the closest thing to a playoff atmosphere since Nationals Park opened. The Nats will have exactly 100 games left after Friday’s opener, and there couldn’t be a more exciting opponent to launch that countdown.
