- American League 4, National League 3: Hey, it’s a Nat at the All-Star Game! (Not that it was anything to write home about.) Washington representative Ryan Zimmerman — seen above coolly acknowledging all twelve people at Busch Stadium who realized that Washington actually fielded a major league-level baseball team — entered the game in the top of the the fifth inning, replacing David Wright at third base. Zimmerman almost got into one in the bottom of the fifth, but just got under the second pitch he saw, flying out harmlessly to A.L. center fielder Josh Hamilton. Obviously unsatisfied with the length of his first trip to the plate, Zimmerman swung at the first pitch he saw in his second at-bat, weakly popping out to right. As far as I could tell from the television coverage, Zimmerman had nary a truly meaningful ball thrown or hit to him in the field — although at one point, I think I caught an unfocused glimpse of Zimmerman in the background as Derek Jeter ran past him at third. So, you know, there’s that.
As if the fact that our rep’s jersey doubled as an invisibility cloak on the field wasn’t bad enough, Barack Obama also went out of his way to diss the Nats during his half-inning in the Fox announce booth. (C’mon, Mr. President — that’s just low.)
- Wizards 96, Cavs 93 (Summer League): The Wiz beat Cleveland in NBA Summer League play last night. From what I’ve ascertained, wins in the Summer League are even more meaningless than wins in baseball spring training games, but hey, far be it from this writer to complain about the Wizards winning anything. For the truly obsessed, Sports Bogger Dan Steinberg is hanging in Vegas for the week (man, what an awful locale for an assignment), so he’s all over the scene.
- Caps Schedule Out Today: On a slightly more interesting note, the Capitals released their preseason schedule yesterday; the regular season schedule comes out today. When’s Crosby coming to town? There’s payback to be had.
