A foul ball our very own H2R sent into the stands Thursday night at Nationals Park hit a woman right in the beer -- or "beer," as it was a Miller Lite -- prompting her to spill it all over herself in foamy, liquid glory.
This is news? Yes. If people hitting people is always funny, people causing people to spill drinks on themselves is the Chappelle Show of baseball humor.
We were just busy Thursday night, and missed it the first time.
So great. Except that the Marlins haven't won since, prompting us to wonder if, in an unfortunately coincidence, this woman turned out to be a voodoo priestess who shortly cursed the team for wasting a $12 brew.
After all, Jeffrey Loria couldn't possibly be wrong about the Marlins having all the ammunition they need, right?
[Raises fist to sky, curses John Henry]
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The Marlins, meanwhile, have held their second team meeting to discuss their own "lack of zeal." Being swept by the 40-78 Pittsburgh Pirates will do that to you.
"It doesn't take a genius to figure out we've been flat for the last five to eight games," said Dan Uggla. "It just so happened we won in Washington, but even then our intensity could have been better and we have to take it upon ourselves as professionals and as a team to be more competitive, be more focused when we're playing and have more intensity."
He might be right. But would also be helpful to have something to play for -- and until ownership does something about the bullpen, a beer shower is going to be the closest the 57-60 Marlins get to another Champagne bath.
At least now we can laugh about it, even if for just 37 seconds.
