Nationals Anthems

What is the Nationals player budget? No one knows – until now. My attempt at illumination first appeared on Ben Goessling’s MASNSports blog - (soon to be name the Four-seam Fastblog, I’m sure…).

The Lerner Payroll Formula:
Take the total debt load and divide by gross attendance
Then subtract front office payroll, stamps and paperclip expenses.
Then multiply the difference by Pythagorean wins
(As of May 24th before the bullpen tailspins)
And convert this to yuan at today’s prevailing rate
Then compare to Kansas City’s budget – doesn’t ours look great?

The Shiny Object Clause:
If it’s shiny and expensive, and our fans will eat it up,
Let’s make a phantom budget, bid, then come in runner-up.