Dunn!

Okay, so the Lerners must have read my post from the other week and realized I was right. (Sound of me clearing my throat.) The Nationals today signed outfielder/first baseman Adam Dunn to a reported 2 year $20 million deal. "Hallelujah! Holy Shit! Where's the Tylenol?!" *

I can't believe this. I am in shock. Can it be? Do the Nats have a chance to be relevant this season? Will Ryan Zimmerman hit 30 homers and drive in 100 runs now that he has protection in the lineup? If the pitching staff puts up slightly better numbers--and I mean slightly better numbers--do the Nats have a chance to finish near .500? I have been so engrossed in the hockey season (as well as so turned off by the Nationals failure to get the lefty bat that they had to get) that I never really thought about the on-field ramifications of signing Mark Texiera or Dunn. Now, the air is a bit crisper, the sky a bit bluer and I realize that Spring Training starts this weekend! My God! What will I wear?

So, look for an All Nats, All Baseball blog this spring. I've been kicking the idea around for a while now. I have the Caps blog and was thinking of doing one for the Nats to keep me busy in the summer. Now that the Nats have signed the lefty bat they so desperately needed, the new blog must be "Dunn".

I got another one: The Nats front office has finally shown that it is willing to do what it takes to get things "Dunn".

Okay, last one: I think with today's signing, its safe to say that the Washington Nationals off season is "Dunn".

*from the movie "Christmas Vacation"