The Washington Nationals currently have the second worst batting average in the Majors and, suffice it to say, manager Davey Johnson is hoping to change things.
By not shaving.
Remember when your principal would promise to sit in a dunk tank or your boss would offer to shave his head if/when you reached a certain milestone? Yeah…the Nats skipper is pulling a "Nard Dog" and offering up an incentive to his team.
''I'll be like everybody else around here. Maybe I can change the luck. I figured I couldn't get any uglier, so what the heck,'' Johnson said. ''Hopefully I can shave soon. I've never had a rally goatee. I'm not hairy enough to get one. Now it's gray, you can't hardly see it unless you get these close-ups that I get after the game, so I apologize. You can't change the shape of a watermelon anyway."
I get it, bond with your team by humiliating yourself. But, c'mon…not shaving a beard that, by Johnson's own admission, isn't visible in an attempt to rally your team to hit better? Someone has to consult the 70-year-old manager a little better.
Unless the advice came from hitting coach Rick Eckstein. Then, and only then, do I understand it fully.
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