I feel like the Washington Nationals owe Gabe Kapler and the San Francisco Giants an apology, or some kind of Thank You fruit basket after their 14-4 win Friday night. Don’t the Nats know it’s rude to score 10 more runs than your opponent, especially if you’re a guest in their ballpark? Terrible manners. Simply uncouth!
But yeah, Friday night was not great. After a week (sorry I’m about to make this about me right now) of herding fourth graders through adding fraction strategies, ancient civilization research (opening sentence from one student: “Ancient Greece is located in Russia”), and a truly groundbreaking play-told-through-tableau about the power of storytelling, I was ready to vicariously—and in good faith—beat-up on some cellar dwellers.