If you have been following the Washington Nationals, the Stephen Strasburg innings limit or any major news outlet for the past five or so months, then you already know that the team plans to shut down the man Sports Illustrated once referred to as “the most hyped and closely watched pitching prospect in the history of baseball” after his start on September 12 against the New York Mets – just prior to the team’s first postseason run since the franchise moved to Washington D.C. in 2005.

You are also likely aware of the fact that Strasburg’s shutdown spells certain doom for the Nationals’ chances at making it through the playoffs to the World Series. At least, that is what most reporters outside of the district would have you believe. And we all know that reporters are never wrong. After all, how could a team possibly survive without its ace? Certainly the other aces – Gio Gonzalez and Jordan Zimmermann – have nothing to say about it.

The news of the Nationals’ failed 2012 season comes as a bit of a disappointment, especially since left-hander Ross Detwiler and right-hander Edwin Jackson – mainstays in the Nationals’ starting rotation this season – are more than capable of picking up the slack. But no one will ever know because they are looked upon as no more than “the other guys.”

Need proof? Here are Twitter users @JWerthsBeard‘s and @JackoBeam‘s creation, which proves just how little the country believes in Detwiler and Jackson.

Photoshop created by @JWerthsBeard and @JackoBeam

You can read more about how Detwiler and Jackson became Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg over at the D.C. Sports Bog, where Dan Steinberg has graciously detailed the story.