Below The Beltway

Late in the game last night, it looked like Boston would pick up another game on the Yankees, but then New York reminded us why they aren’t the same team we saw in the spring:
BOSTON, Sept. 14 — The gravity of the situation was obvious to Boston Red Sox Manager Terry Francona. Moments before, his [...]

While I don’t necessarily support him as a candidate for President, I think Fred Thompson answered a question about the Terry Schiavo case exactly the way it needed to be answered:
THE VILLAGES, Fla. (AP) - Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson gave no opinion Thursday when asked about efforts by President Bush and Congress to [...]

Apparently, he is challenging fellow Presidential Candidate Bill Richardson to a bet on this weekend’s Yankees-Red Sox series.
Which would make sense, except for the fact that Bill Richardson is rooting for the Red Sox:
WASHINGTON (CNN) — A friendly wager over a weekend series between one of the greatest rivalries in baseball turned into a sour [...]

Congressman Tom Davis is moving closer to running for the Republican nomination for Senate in 2008:
Rep. Thomas M. Davis III (R-Va.) edged about as close as one could this morning to announcing a candidacy for the Senate without actually doing it.
“Right now, all systems are go,” said Davis, appearing on WTOP Radio with political analyst [...]

Four months ago, I would not have thought that this late-season meeting between the Red Sox and Yankees would be that big a deal, boy was I wrong:
They have two of the oldest and most experienced rosters in baseball. One team has three regular position players under the age of 30; the other has just [...]

The vote to give the District of Columbia a vote in the House of Representatives will face it’s first test on the Senate floor on Tuesday:
The Senate will decide Tuesday whether to take up the D.C. voting rights bill, holding a technical vote that could determine the measure’s fate, officials said yesterday.
The vote will be [...]

It happened during last Friday’s game against Navy:
The play came late in the game, when Rutgers expanded its lead over Navy to a comfortable level after a tight three quarters. The play came late in the game, when Rutgers expanded its lead over Navy to a comfortable level after a tight three quarters.
Navy’s Reggie Campbell [...]

Ending some speculation, former Governor Mark Warner declared today that he is running for the Democratic nomination to fill John Warner’s Senate seat:
RICHMOND, Sept. 13 — Former Virginia governor Mark R. Warner announced today that he is running for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Republican John W. Warner, setting the stage for one [...]

With a little more than two weeks to go in the season, the Yankees are in a far better position than they were in the dark days of Spring:
TORONTO, Sept. 11 — The path to the playoffs is now in front of the Yankees. It took the bulk of the season, but they finally reached [...]

Now, as far as the Los Angeles Times is concerned, they are social and environmental pioneers:
NEW YORK — For lunch in her modest apartment, Madeline Nelson tossed a salad made with shaved carrots and lettuce she dug out of a Whole Foods dumpster. She flavored the dressing with miso powder she found in a trash [...]