It appears as if the local baseball outfit isn’t the only high-profile Washingtonian entity which has difficulty spelling the word “national” — the letter-sequencing affliction has apparently made its way into the copy editing offices of the Washington Post.

Rachel Maddow picked up on the epidemic on last night’s show. Your daily dose of schadenfreude, but moments away:

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Far be it from me to ever scold someone for an occasional spelling slip-up, but misspelling the title of the Spelling Bee? Ouch.