Okay, enough snark — this video of Washingtonian online account executive Matt Hendrickson proposing to his girlfriend after beating Teddy in a footrace is kind of wonderful.

As we turn the calendar over to February, some people are beginning to get excited about the arrival of spring training in but a couple of weeks. But here at DCist, we know that the baseball season — and warmer temperatures, of course — is really creeping up on us when we get an email telling us that the Nationals are holding auditions for the Racing Presidents. And that day, my friends, was today.

Photo by Presidents Race We couldn’t help but notice that perennial loser Teddy Roosevelt was absent from the Presidents Race during the Nationals’ game against the Marlins on Saturday. Given how badly the game went, it was just another disappointment among many for Nats fans that night. But what happened? Had Teddy finally succumbed to the crippling depression of never winning? Did he run off to establish another national park? Turns out, Teddy was…

Poor, poor Teddy. The guy just cannot catch a break. It’s bad enough that he’s usually drifting off during the most vital point of the Presidents Race, or running the wrong way, or having his name spelled incorrectly. But at least things never got violent — that is, until Friday night.