Davey Johnson got hit with a champagne shower three times last night.
After he got dried off from the first attack, Adam LaRoche ambushed Johnson and soaked him again. Johnson may not have loved it, but he took it in stride.
"He got me good," Johnson said.
Then, rookie reliever Christian Garcia, a guy battling for a spot on the postseason roster, was gutsy enough to soak his 69-year-old skipper yet again.
"'Son, that's a no-no,' " Johnson recalled himself saying, chuckling as he gave reporters the play by play. "He don't realize what that may cost him."
The Nationals clinched the NL East last night, allowing Johnson to tweak his starting rotation, giving Gio Gonzalez the day off and going with Tom Gorzelanny as his starter.
It also allows Johnson to give some regulars a day off and let his bench players get some playing time. And when I say "some regulars," I mean nearly all of them.
Check out Johnson's lineup for tonight's game, which, no offense to the guys in there, looks like a spring training batting order:
2B Steve Lombardozzi
CF Bryce Harper
LF Tyler Moore
1B Adam LaRoche
3B Chad Tracy
SS Mark DeRosa
RF Roger Bernadina
C Sandy Leon
P Tom Gorzelanny
For the Phillies:
3B Kevin Frandsen
CF John Mayberry
2B Chase Utley
1B Ty Wigginton
LF Darin Ruf
RF Domonic Brown
C Erik Kratz
SS Michael Martinez
P B.J. Rosenberg
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