Joel Hanrahan gets the win while sleeping on his couch!

So last night, the Nationals and Astros completed their game of May 5th which was suspended by rain. The pitcher of record for the Nationals was Joel Hanrahan who was subsequently traded to the Pirates on June 30th. The Pirates incidentally were off yesterday.

In the continuation game, the Nationals win and Nationals, err Pirates, pitcher, Joel Hanrahan is credited with the win. Hanrahan was interviewed last night on ESPN and was asked what he was doing when he heard that he had been credited with the win and he responded, "Taking a nap."

This kind of reminds me of those situations where the President is awoken in the middle of the night to be notified of a national emergency.

Taking this back to a baseball context, I can just see next week some major league slugger who is not participating in the All Star Game being woken up late night by a call from his agent advising him that he has just won the Home Run Derby.

"Great! This is just like the Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes. I know I have that bonus thing in my contract for this too. I'll take it! We'll talk in the morning."

Considering that Hubert Humphrey won the 1968 Democratic nomination for President without entering one single primary, you tell me it can't happen.