The Nats have serious interest in reliever Matt Capps, formerly of the Pittsburgh Pirates. And Capps has serious interest in the Nats. Capps, non-tendered over the weekend, has attracted interest from roughly a dozen teams, but his agent, Paul Kinzer, said that the Nats are in a group of six or seven finalists.
Now, I wrote about Mr. Capps' demise back in June of 2008. He came into that game on a great run, but the Nats devastated the guy, and destroyed his will to win.
In his first 27 games, Matt Capps hadn't blown a save. When the Pirates came to town, the Nationals broke that streak by not only having him blow a save, but by getting the win that night (6/10). He then went on to blow 2 more saves in his next 3 games (6/14 and 6/15)! He's done. Pitt needs to sit him, cause he'll never be the same. He sees Nationals in his sleep.
His 2009 was... less than stellar, as he ended up 10th in saves w/27, but had an ERA of 5.80 and a WHIP of 1.656(!!). The Pirates non-tendered him last week, allowing him to become a free agent.
Now, I can spout numbers till the cows come home, but nothing I can say would do Matt Capps any justice. You see... he brings much more to a team than just saves and strikeouts (and hits. And walks). He brings with him the hopes of millions and millions of special folks all around this great country. Yes, Matt is an inspiration to all special needs people around the world, as he's a Major Leaguer now. He fought through a lot in his life with his special set of life skills, but he has persevered to be among the best in the world at what he does.
Wait... what? Capps isn't "special" you say? Well then, allow me to retort!
What's that? You're speechless? Then my work here is done.
(As an aside - Matt, if you do join the Nats, and are in the bullpen... I love you, dude! Please don't hurt me.)
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One now assumes that you approved of the signing.
Since he is now a Nat, I will support him. And love him. And possible stalk him.
But do I "approve".... Spring Training will allow me to form an opinion on that.
Also- I'm trying to put a video together of Matty Capps, but am finding time hard to come by. Maybe soon, we will all see the glory that is the "Matt Capps Special."
I have been following the interview, and Twitter rebuttal about Bacsik and the home run to Bonds and have decided to give you, Section 138, an exclusive interview with me to let you in on daily Bacsik musings about said home run. Your welcome.
Do tell, Rob. Do tell...
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