Yankee Killers

(Photo of John Lannan on TV delivering a post-game shaving cream pie to the face of Craig Stammen, via Nationals Enquirer staff.) "We felt that despite our record we have been playing better baseball. We've just been beating ourselves defensively. We came in, these kids threw strikes, we played good defense, and we ended up winning the series against one of the top teams in the major leagues."  (Manny Acta, via Nationals Journal, 6/18/2009) David 3, Goliath 0: Miracles happen. Down go the Yankees! Well worth the wait: After 5+ hour rain delay, Nats flash leather, Craig Stammen rolls for first career win. And suddenly, Manny Acta is looking like a pretty good manager...what's that old saw about pitching and defense? It got really dicey in the 7th, but Ron Villone and Julian Tavarez held down the fort. And we officially take back some if not all of the bad things we ever saidabout Mike MacDougal (save #2). Can't ...