The Heat. Steiger/Poitier, Bogart/Bacall, Whalen/Lopez – it seems the most charged confrontations always occur against the backdrop of hot steamy nights. Some in Georgia, some in the African jungle, this last one tonight in the cauldron of the Nation’s Capital. Our two protagonists were each 22 and pitching their third ML start. One was to emerge with a good deal more to offer than the other and he came from the same home town as our revered Raffy Ramirez in the Dominican. Kudos to the Nats fans, 38,500 of them showed up in all this steam along with Alex who we believe had been asked to run the eye over Hursh, more later.
In the Heat of the Night…Braves 6 Treaiffic Nationals 7
