News about teams recently swept by the Padres:

  John Lannan has been nominated for the Clemente Award for his work with sick children at the Children's Inn. If you don't know who Roberto Clemente is, now is the time to learn -- he was an amazing player, and more importantly, an amazing person.

  More bad news on the young pitching front: Craig Stammen has been experiencing "elbow soreness." Here's what he had to say: "I don't really know what's going on. It's just painful. It doesn't feel good. It's kind of something that's built up over the course of the whole year. It's something I've pretty much dealt with over the course of the whole season. It's just kind of time to get it checked out right now." Now where have I heard that before... oh yeah... great.

  The Nationals are starting a water taxi service to their games,  taking fans from Alexandria to the game for just a few bucks.

  Down at Syracuse, Shairon Martis pitched seven innings, allowing just one run, and Logan Kensing earned the save when Syracuse beat Lehigh Valley 1-0.

  Nats320 continues Negro League week with an interview with Dr. Raymond Doswell, curator of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum.

  Against the Padres, the Nats hit .172 and ended with a 2-7 record on the road trip.

  The trade for Ronnie Belliard has been completed, with Victor Garate becoming the "player to be named later."

  Mike Rizzo is pretty hot on Class A shortstop Danny Espinosa.

  The GCL Nationals defeated the GCL Marlins, winning game 1 of a three game GCL championship series.

  FJB says Elijah Dukes has been a disappointment, and may not be back next season.

  DC Sports Plus takes a look at first basemen for 2010.

News about teams not recently swept by the Padres:

  Curt Schilling may or may not be interested in running for the Senate seat left vacant by Senator Edward Kennedy. He said some pretty funny things in that article, and admits his "filter" may need a tuneup, so politics may not be for him.

  Diamondbacks pitcher Jon Garland played a game against the Dodgers on Monday, was traded to the Dodgers later that night, and played against the Diamondbacks on Tuesday. At least he didn't have a long plane ride.

News about things only tangentially related:

   MLBTR has assembled a list of players currently projecting as Type A free agents. If you look carefully, you'll notice that none of them play for the home team.

  The Washington Post has been dishing dirt on the Redskins all week, and some of the stuff has been pretty ridiculous. The reasons to hate Dan Snyder are endless.

  The Dodgers-Diamondbacks game was interrupted by a remote control airplane, which was then torn apart by Augie Ojeda.