Cool weather means no more Nats!

Here in the swamp we lovingly call the Nations Capital, the one thing that we look forward to every year when the leaves start to fall and the air turns cold is that the Nats disappear. And this year is no different. For awhile, on those long muggy nights of summer, the town seemed to cherish the pesky little insects. It seems like no matter how hard you tried you couldn’t get rid of them.

Why, they even became the talk of the town with every newspaper and radio station singing the praises of the lowly Nats. Around the water coolers people talked as if they had adopted the Nats as some sort of pet. “How ‘bout those Nats? …I heard they are in first place” First place, first place for what, annoying the crap out of you? Why, some enterprising people even started selling T-shirts with Nats written on them. Like if you wear their name on your shirt they won’t bother you. Everyone knows the best way to get rid of a Nat is to wave a pennant at them. As soon as they see a pennant they fade away like a distant memory.

Luckily fall is here now. The Nats have disappeared and it’s safe to once again walk around at night without repellant on. Of course, come springtime talk will once again return to Nats. How bad will they be this year? Will they be as bad as last year? Maybe this year there will be some free agent guaranteed to improve the quality of the Nats. For me, I will rest assured that the Nats will continue to come in the spring, get worse through the summer and disappear in the fall. It is as inevitable as the start of Hockey season!