Short off-day update

Turns out Jesus Flores' calf wasn't the real concern from his hard slide into the plate Saturday. It was his right knee. An MRI taken this morning revealed a sprain for the Nationals' catcher, though at the moment it's only serious enough to leave his status day-to-day. (Of course, as we've seen countless times this season, "day-to-day" has often wound up turning into "4-to-6 weeks" or even "out for the season".) Otherwise, that's all there is to report on this off-day. Manny Acta instructed all his players to take the complete day off, spend time with their families and not give a moment's thought to baseball and the Nats' 10-game losing streak. Though I can't completely adhere to his advice -- I do have a couple of things to write for tomorrow's paper -- I can urge all you frustrated fans out there to do like the Nats. Forget about them for a day. Don't agonize over the losing streak, the inability to sign Aaron Crow, the prospects of 100-loss season. You can return to doing all that tomorrow. As for the rest of today, enjoy it.