Take that, Washington fat cats!

Sure, a lot of those politicians may not have realized the Nationals played a game yesterday. Or that D.C. even has a baseball team. But if you're one of those folks who takes victories over anything "Washington" as "sticking it to the man," a 5-0 blanking of the Nats equals a bunch of self-serving bureaucrats being put on notice. But after criticizing those yahoos for the crummy job they're doing passing bills, save a little of that venom for Derek Lowe. Assuming there's even anything left to say about his weak stuff, since he was pretty thorough in bashing his seven innings worth of 5K/3H/0R.  Guess there's no pleasing some people (although Rick Honeycutt may not qualify as "some"). Although, despite what some folks say, Russell Martin's actually pleased with Blue offense. After seeing what everyone from himself to Lowe contributed to the box score's run department, it's easy to understand why he's willing to get a little geeked in the face of pessimism.