The Nats' Suit-and-Tie Drive

When Nats first-base coach Marquis Grissom arrived in the majors, he weighed 175 pounds. When he retired, he weighed 200 or 205. Now, he's up to around 225 pounds, and the 175-pound Grissom isn't walking through that door any time soon. Those 50 bonus pounds he picked up along the way have led to some interesting alterations to his wardrobe. Like, when Grissom goes to formal events now, he drapes his suit coat stylishly over his arm and carries it around with him. "Because I'm too [dang] big," he explained. And so Grissom has three or four suits here in D.C., and 30 or 40 suits that no longer fit him back in Atlanta. When the Nats visit there on their upcoming trip to face the Braves, Grissom is going to grab several of the extras and deliver them to Rob McDonald, the team's director of travel, who came up