Tom Glavine is a pitcher for the Atlanta Braves, and he will certainly be elected to the Hall of Fame when his career is over. He has won 303 games so far, without a hint of steroids! But he is 42 years old and this is his last year pitching. And yesterday against the Washington Nationals, he had to leave in the very first inning because of a hamstring injury. Glavine had pitched badly, perhaps due to the injury, and the next pitcher who came in gave up even more runs. The result: the Nationals registered a rare "W".

Nationals manager Manny Acta uttered some very strange statements, when asked about Glavine's injury and the fact that the Nationals won. According to the Associated Press, when asked about seeing Glavine leave, Acta said, “That’s what it takes. It’s destiny. You can always go hard in whatever you want to do. The guy above,” he said, and paused, pointing skyward. “He’s got the last word.”

Huh????

I'm not sure what Manny is really saying here. But, if he said what I think he said -- that God is responsible for Glavine's hamstring injury, which allowed the Nats to win -- then I'm afraid he's even a worse theologian than he is a baseball manager. And before yesterday's rare win, the Nats had lost nine in a row!