John Patterson looked like cat butt in his start for Potomac tonight.

5 and a third inning, 4 runs, 7 hits. He also gave up a homerun.

Yes I’m blogging this from the game. I’m a geek.

Marshall: Wonderful. Just when the Nats need Patterson most. In yesterday’s game against the Yankees, the Nats bullpen looked they all should have been pitching for single-A Potomac. It’s going to be a long summer.

I can’t wait for the sale to be finalized so that Stan Kasten can fire, well, everyone. Start with Frank Robinson — the worst manager in major league baseball and work down from there. Ugh.

Marshall updating: Commenter Todd suggests that I should give the Nats their due for their two comeback wins over the weekend against the Yankees. He’s right. The comebacks were astonishing and speak the resiliancy and raw talent of the team. But let’s keep in mind that Nats pitching gave up a significant number of runs in both of those games and that they’re getting shelled tonight in Boston for the second night in a row.

Listen. I love this team. I love the players (though I wish they’d kept old school winners Jamey Carroll and Brad Wilkerson.) And I’m so glad to have a team at all that I dance a jig every time I get to the ballpark. But it’s time for some adult supervision for the front office and the field staff — folks who actually know how to run a big league franchise, as opposed to a GM who only knows how to stock every organization with ex-Reds. For heaven’s sake — it’s like watching Spurrier and his Gators experiment all over again.