Where were you when Jesus (not Strasburg, but Flores) needed a hug?

(AP Photo. There was a time when Jesus Flores was considered to be the catcher of the future for the Nationals.) If you're not pulling for Jesus Flores to make a full recovery from shoulder surgery, you either have no soul or your name is Pudge Rodriguez. The latest excerpt from Chico Harlan's Nationals Journal Farewell Tour 2010 is a tear-jerker: "Last year, after the season, whew, I was sad," Flores said, looking back. "Just me, I don't have family, I don't have nobody in Miami. Only, get out of bed in the morning, go to the rehab, do my exercise and my stuff, come back home, just reading and TV and PlayStation 3. Internet. It was lonely. But I was like, 'OK, this is only for you. This is your future, your work. You know, your job. You had to concentrate on what's best for you."(Jesus Flores, via Nationals Journal, 2/22/2010) Well, maybe leaving out the parts about "just reading and TV a...