bryce harper takes a couple steps towards the mound after a pitch inside. the benches and bull pens come out again. this time, a little pushing and shoving, a little better, nothing too bad. broken up quickly but a nationals player and two cubs tossed in the game. nats win 9-2 and are solidly in first place in the n.l. east. the cubs, on the other hand, 35 games below .500. some good news to report for oakland a s pitcher brandon mccarthy, who underwent successful surgery on his skull yesterday. did you see this? it s a little tough to watch. he took a line drive to the head on wednesday. aybar lines one of mccarthy, it ricochets to donaldson to get the out. mccarthy s down. the a s said yesterday mccarthy in stable condition, alert in the critical care unit of a bay area hospital following a two-hour surgery to retear a skull fracture and a brain contusion. the team did not give a timetable for the 29-year-old mccarthy might be able to return to action, but the bottom line
benches and bull pens come out, get together, this is a little better, still not what we re looking for. pushing and shoving. pushing. i want to see a punch. like one of those brawls in the taiwanese parliament, they don t really hit oech other, just kind of push and smack. broken up quickly. nats player, two cubs tossed. nationals win 9-2. you kind of want to see that zimmer moment, right? yeah. i don t want to see that. where pedro, you know, where a guy in his 20s pushes down a guy in his 70s. by his head too. by his head. just awesome. speaking of the red sox character, beating up old men. all class. the cubs, nats 35 games below .500. let s look at theo epstein s two teams that he created. well time to revisit that legacy. how about that legacy. two world series, come on. let s not forget that. i ll tell you what, he handed the red sox a miserable club for the next three, four, five, six