‘Bernadina waits on a fly’
courtesy of ‘afagen’

The Nationals last eight games have all been decided by two runs or less. They’re 5-3 in that run, notching the 6-4 victory today at Citi Field versus the Mets to add to the win count.

Washington is now in sole possession of second place in the NL East. Tyler Clippard leads the league in wins with seven. Matt Capps leads the league in saves with fourteen. But the real story of the day goes to Roger Bernadina who hit his first two career homers with a solo shot  in the fourth and a 2-run blast in the 9th to put the Nats ahead, not to mention a heroic diving catch in right field during the fifth.

Starter Craig Stammen also helped himself out with two hits and three RBI’s during today’s rubber game.

The Nationals are now 19-15. The next game is 8:40 EDT against Colorado from the road.

‘Sock Monkey Wedding Cake Topper Birdcage veil 1’
courtesy of ‘SpiritMama’

The D.C. Superior Court has already issued more than 2,000 marriage licenses this year, setting a pace that could generate new records in the city for licenses per year. At this rate, D.C. could issue up to four times as many marriage licenses in 2010 than they did last year.

The increase in marriage licenses is due in part to same-sex marriages being legal in the District for about two months now. D.C. Superior Court does not break down the numbers of how many were same-sex or opposite-sex applications, but 2,082 applications completed since the March 3 action allowing same-sex marriages was passed.

“To put that in perspective,” Judge William Jackson told WTOP. “All of last year was about 3,000.”

‘And the light shineth in darkness;’
courtesy of ‘LaTur’

The City Paper reports that the former Italian Embassy, having gone on the market last year, has finally sold. Valor Development of Bethesda plans to turn the building into condos, calling it “The Flats at Il Palazzo,” because, I don’t know, an Italian name makes overpriced condos sexier?

Greater Greater Washington points out that the embassy’s move had been in the works for nearly 30 years, and it finally moved in 2000. The Italian ambassador got mugged in Meridian Hill Park in 1971 and wanted a less crime-ridden area. So the Italian government bought the new property, it took 29 years to move into it, and then another 9 to put the old one on the market. So the old embassy has been standing vacant for 10 years, and Valor expects to put the condos on the market next summer.

Good luck with that.

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‘curtain’
courtesy of ‘philliefan99’

Okay, so maybe heading out to an outdoor movie isn’t the best idea for tonight. We’re in for some thunderbolts & lightning, very very frightening me. Specifically, the warning from Accuweather, via the Capital Weather Gang, suggests we could be in for some weather rock & roll this afternoon late as the front that brought us some warmer weather today hits the cold front that’s had the down comforter back on our bed at night. As always, lightning is no laughing matter, and the CWG breaks down some lightning-related myths for us all to enjoy.

With all seriousness, the NoMa movie night is indeed an all-weather event, so take a brolly and your mackintosh and you should be just fine.

‘A possum and a movie camera 1943’
courtesy of ‘Australian War Memorial collection’

We’ve Gone PLAID!

Okay, maybe we’re still just at ludicrous speed. Tonight, NoMa BID’s Summer Screen events, an excellent alternative to Screen on the Green, kick off with Spaceballs on the outside screen on L Street between 2nd & 3rd NE. There will be food & drink opportunities on site thanks to Smokin’ Something and NoMa BID, and best of all it’s free. It’s just two blocks South of the NY Ave Metro, and you can stop for a warm coffee on your way at Pound Coffee just across from the Metro entrance.

‘_MG_0847’
courtesy of ‘dbking’

We’ve got ourselves another Nationals (18-15)  rubber game to play this afternoon at Citi Field. Right-hander Craig Stammen (1-1, 5.63), who is coming off a strong start against the Marlins last week at Nationals Park, enters today’s Mets (18-15) game with a Nationals team who has gone 5-1 in rubber game match-ups this season. New York is 0-5.

The Nationals continue to stay above .500 this season due to success in close games and series finales. Washington is 8-3 in one-run games this season while four of their five rubber game wins have come by a single run.

Washington has seen their fair share of close late-inning games in 2010, but tend to win in the end. Not this time.

Last night’s 8-6 loss was a heart breaker. It was especially rough since the Nats pretty much locked up the game early on in the run count. They led by three runs after the first, five after the fifth and four after the seventh. Then — something we have yet to see this season occurred — Tyler Clippard combined with Brian Bruney let the Mets score six runs in the eighth, squandering the lead and the game for the first Nationals loss while leading by five runs.

The Nationals three-game win streak is snapped, giving the Mets the slight advantage momentum-wise going into today’s contest despite their rubber game loss count – a direct result of a late-inning come back Tuesday night.

New York has won the past four series played at Citi Field. Whoever wins this afternoon will obtain sole possession of second place in the division.

Game starts at 1:10 p.m.

‘red pen’
courtesy of ‘peretzpup’

I know this is a DC site and all, but the news that John McIntyre has returned to the Baltimore Sun as copyeditor and blogger has made me so happy I just had to call attention to it. Every publication needs an editor with a dry wit and aversion to hyperbole and cliché. (Yes, this one too. I’m working on it. Not least through reading McIntyre’s excellent blog.)

You can catch up on what McIntyre did during his yearlong layoff from the Sun at his blog-in-exile.

Ah, the dangers of databases. We at We Love DC are all too familiar with the dangers of an errant letter when typing something up – every once in a while you’ll notice that the URL link title doesn’t quite match the title of the post. Usually it means we’ve changed our mind but sometimes it’s a plain-old goof that we caught after publication, and while changing the title is easy we’re stuck with the link after publication.

District lawmakers seem to share our pain. An effort at passing legislation to slap down on particularly blatant alcohol sales to the underaged looks like an effort to keep those poor souls who dig for coal from getting their drink on. “EGREGIOUS FIRST-TIME SALE TO MINER VIOLATION CLARIFICATION REGULATIONS APPROVAL RESOLUTION OF 2010.”

I assume that once they’ve named something in the LIMS system they’re stuck with it – the attached draft law doesn’t make the same mistake.

I did a moment of searching to make sure I wasn’t unaware of some obscure legal usage of the word but this seems to be a common goof. My favorite comment on the flip comes from this Paul Brians link “Children are minors, but unless they are violating child-labor laws, those who work in mines are miners.”

‘bear-headed’
courtesy of ‘zenobia_joy’

The National Zoo is soliciting outside help to name two of the cutest Andean Bears these eyes have ever looked at.

Want in on the fun? There’s four names a piece to choose from for the boy and girl cubs.

The winning names will be announced May 19 at the Andean Bear exhibit.

For a complete list of names visit the website and exercise your right to vote!