When the Nationals faced the Giants in the playoffs last season, San Francisco pitcher Tim Hudson commented on Washington's talent level in relation to the team's perceived lack of toughness.
“Obviously, they have a talented group over there, there’s no question,” Hudson told reporters.”They have some great pitching. But, come playoff time, talent can take you a long ways, but what do you have between your legs?”
Now, a year later after the Nationals have missed the postseason, and in the wake of an incident where Jonathan Papelbon tried to choke teammate Bryce Harper in the dugout, Thom Loverro of The Washington Times is once again looking at the collective crotches of the team in search of some answers.
This is part of a piece attempting to defend Papelbon's actions, at least to a certain extent. But there's already way too much testosterone involved in the sports media world as it is, so we'd probably all be better off if analogies like these were to completely disappear.
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[via Dan Steinberg]
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