The Washington Nationals’ new mascot: Mr. Met! Photo from Wikipedia Commons.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) made quite an error on the Senate floor today when he called Washington’s baseball team the National Mets.

“Davey Johnson is the manager of the National Mets, this team that we’re so happy to have here in Washington,” Reid said, entering the mistake into the Congressional Record.

Johnson is, of course, the manager of the Washington Nationals. He previously managed the New York Mets from 1984 to 1990, a tenure that included a World Series victory in 1986. (Where’s our World Series, Davey?)

Reid became aware of his flub and made a joke about it on Twitter.

Nationals fans have yet to call for the senator’s resignation.

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