You couldn’t make this up (or make it any better)

by David Safier

Our own Daniel Hernandez (Gabby's intern) throwing out the first pitch at a Washington Nationals  game with also-our-own Amanda Simpson — "the first openly transgender presidential appointee" — in attendance?

This is just the kind of moment I need when I get into one of those ain't-it-awful funks.

The occasion was Gay Night at the ballpark.

Hernandez's statement:

“This is probably the most nerve-racking thing I've done in a while,” Hernandez said of the pitch, which capped off an incredible journey from intern to national hero. “This is gonna go away soon. And I think realizing that, and doing what you can to help others is the important part.”

For sports fans: the Nationals beat the Mariners 6-5.