Thank God for last night’s cliffhanger win, or I’d be calling the Nats, losers of four in a row, victims of the mikeoconnelljr.com curse. Indeed, before last night’s victory the Washington Nationals hadn’t won a game since I called them a pennant lock, and had fallen into second place in the NL East. Still, as they say in baseball, it’s a long season.

On the American League front, I hope you were watching last night my beloved New York Yankees trounce the once-mighty Boston Red Sox. The Bronx Bombers blew open a tight 4-3 game with nine runs in the seventh inning. They’re now five and a half games up in their division, and at the risk of yet another MOC “cover” curse…

Give them the pennant!