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-Schedule

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-Trades

Knowing that the Milwaukee Brewers will likely trade Zack Greinke before Sunday’s game, you would have looked at the matchups for this weekend’s Nats/Brewers series and thought that last night was the most likely loss for the men from D.C. You also would have been wrong.

The Nationals needed just an Adam LaRoche HR and a Steve Lombardozzi 3-run triple in the second inning. Of course, they got much more, en route to an 8-2 victory. The win was the Nationals season-high 6^thin a row. They are now tied with the New York Yankees for the best record in the Majors.

Ross Detwiler will look to continue his “No Defeat” streak (hasn’t lost a start since May 19) against the Brewers’ Michael Fiers. Game time is 8:10 p.m. on MASN 2. For the rest of the weekend:

Saturday: Jordan Zimmermann v. Randy Wolf (7:10 p.m./MASN2)

Sunday: Gio Gonzalez v. (for now) Zack Greinke (2:10 p.m./DC50 and TBS (nationally))

The Summer Olympics “get under way” (they already started, which is stupid, but whatever) tonight with the Opening Ceremonies. They’ll air LIVE!!!!! (on Tape Delay) on NBC at 7:30 p.m.

A note about the Bulletin and the Olympics: I could care less about the Olympics, really.  Events like the Olympic games lose an enormous quantity of value when they’re aired on a tape delay and you already know the results. Really, this is NBC’s fault for focusing on primetime coverage. As Twitter gets more and more popular, more and more people are going to know the results of the games before they air in the States. I’ll watch some basketball and some track and field, but that’s about it. So if you’re looking for in depth, Bulletin coverage, you’re reading the wrong Bulletin. I’m going to focus on the baseball races and the Washington Nationals. And the Dwight Howard trade watch.

Baseball Series of the Weekend:

(not the Red Sox @ Yankees series)

Dodgers @ Giants. LA trails San Francisco by 3 games in the NL West entering tonight’s game.

Enjoy your weekends!