Baseball is Boring: Mets @ Nats

Baseball is America's pastime, but had our forefathers enjoyed the modern conveniences of clocks, ball pumps, or haste, this pastime may well have been basketball or football. Instead, they had wood, leather, and a rudderless disposition. Baseball is Boring is a series of live blogs for folks who need irony and self-awareness to get through a game.

It's been a while, but this seemed like a perfect time to bring back Baseball is Boring. We've got a 50% chance that Johan Santana is going to throw a perfect game tonight against the quasi-fetal Nationals. A National League East battle for the ages! That and I can watch the game on TV so I don't have to squint at my tiny MLB.tv BS. BS.tv.

Hey, is Dmitri Young the first guy to go to the DL for being too fat? Looks like we have our first poll.


THE ESSENTIALS
The Mets (62-56) start Johan Santana (9-7, 2.85 ERA).
The Nationals (44-75) start Odalis Perez (5-8, 4.10 ERA).

ANALYSIS
The Nats are going to get their dinks kicked because they suck.

PREDICTION
Mets over Nationals 1 Perfect Game - 0 Perfect Games

QUICK NOTE ABOUT THIS LIVE BLOG
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