Washington Nationals starting pitcher Stephen Strasburg watches from the dugout during the eighth inning of their baseball game against the Atlanta Braves at Turner Field Saturday, Sept. 15, 2012, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David Tulis)
Washington Nationals starting pitcher Stephen Strasburg watches from the dugout during the eighth inning of their baseball game against the Atlanta Braves at Turner Field Saturday, Sept. 15, 2012, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David Tulis)
Atlanta Braves' Jason Heyward, left, pours champagne over Chipper Jones in the clubhouse as the Braves celebrate clinching a playoff berth, after a two-run home run by Freddie Freeman in the ninth inning to beat the Marlins 4-3 in a baseball game at Turner Field in Atlanta on Tuesday , Sept. 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Atlanta Journal & Constitution, Curtis Compton)
Atlanta Braves' Jason Heyward, left, pours champagne over Chipper Jones in the clubhouse as the Braves celebrate clinching a playoff berth, after a two-run home run by Freddie Freeman in the ninth inning to beat the Marlins 4-3 in a baseball game at Turner Field in Atlanta on Tuesday , Sept. 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Atlanta Journal & Constitution, Curtis Compton)
Washington Nationals' Adam LaRoche plays in a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves Sunday, Sept. 16, 2012, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Once again, Teddy the presidential mascot failed to win the mascot race during the opening day game against the Atlanta Braves at Nationals Park, in Washington, D.C., Thursday, March 31, 2011. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
FILE - This March 24, 2012 file photo, shows Toronto Blue Jays shortstop Yunel Escobar warming up before a spring training baseball game against the Atlanta Braves, in Dunedin, Fla. Major League Baseball is checking reports that Escobar played Saturday's, Sept. 15, 2012 game against Boston wearing eye-black displaying a homophobic slur written in Spanish. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)
FILE - This March 24, 2012 file photo, shows Toronto Blue Jays shortstop Yunel Escobar warming up before a spring training baseball game against the Atlanta Braves, in Dunedin, Fla. Major League Baseball is checking reports that Escobar played Saturday's, Sept. 15, 2012 game against Boston wearing eye-black displaying a homophobic slur written in Spanish. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)
Washington Nationals' Adam LaRoche plays in a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves Sunday, Sept. 16, 2012, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
