Kasten is Perplexed

The Nats are contemplating firing manager Manny Acta for not turning a steaming pile of dung into anything more. He's a baseball manager, not a magician. The Nats president Stan Kasten said, "I can't tell you how perplexed I am by this season and this team and the things that are going on." Perplexed? The players wearing Nationals uniforms (no "Natinals" crack here) are not good. It makes you wonder if Stan Kasten is the type of guy who stands there flicking a light switch on and off, mouth agape in awe. "Off. On. Off. On. Off. On. Wow!"

Perplexed? Really, Stan Kasten? The Nats have much improved bats. But no one on the team knows how to catch a baseball coming their way. Throwing the ball is also a challenge. Apparently no one in the front office realized that defense was an important part of baseball. Perplexed? And then there's the pitching. Four rookie starters and that's the good news! Perplexed?

That Obama is filling Afghanistan with more U.S. soldiers even though no foreign power has occupied that area for thousands of years; that is perplexing. That we continue to keep troops in Iraq even though there is no long term plan; that is perplexing. All these teachers fucking their students; that's perplexing. That a judge could score the Cotto-Clottey fight 116-111 for Cotto; that is perplexing. That my brother received all the good genes and I am an accumulation of my parents' faults; that is perplexing (and a little sad). That a person could hate a group of people so much that he opens fire in a memorial to commemorate their fallen; that is perplexing. There is nothing perplexing about the Nats’ record.

The general manager, Jim Bowden, was correctly fired. That is an admission that he did not put together a good team. So how can it be perplexing when that shitty group of players fails to win? It isn't. Give Manny a chance. If he has pitchers and players who can catch and throw next season and still struggles, then we'll talk.