tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post1043800331748451387..comments2024-02-15T05:42:18.307-05:00Comments on Nats Insider: Werth surprised by smooth returnMark Zuckermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13525315258889435961noreply@blogger.comBlogger92125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-79731925124099144042012-08-09T15:50:39.425-04:002012-08-09T15:50:39.425-04:00Jayson Werth is a classless loudmouth. An average ...Jayson Werth is a classless loudmouth. An average MLB outfielder at best. <br />Overpaid for a few years of production, a suspicious "late bloomer" on the tail end of an era of "late bloomers". Superstar attitude, superstar narcism a lot to pay for a player who needs to be protected in the lineup by superior players. May go down as one of the worst contracts in sports history. don't be fooled by a handful of games. Weirdo will show his true colors soon enough.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14177632835290771541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-2415428305283627222012-08-06T14:34:12.965-04:002012-08-06T14:34:12.965-04:00With all the money that guys are making in sports ...<i>With all the money that guys are making in sports today, I cannot possibly fathom how a guy can let himself get out of shape.</i><br /><br />He had a rather high stress and completely unexpected life event to deal with last winter. Completely understandable that that could cause him to put on a few LBs. Cut him some slack.The Real Feel Wood. Accept no substitutes.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13147290573966561009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-79664770445381101152012-08-06T14:28:07.894-04:002012-08-06T14:28:07.894-04:00PS, Beane didn't want Suzuki any more. They ch...<i>PS, Beane didn't want Suzuki any more. They chose .197 Derek Norris over him.</i><br /><br />Salary might have had a lot to do with that.The Real Feel Wood. Accept no substitutes.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13147290573966561009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-43726724187013074452012-08-06T14:18:02.948-04:002012-08-06T14:18:02.948-04:00My IF Gallery seat is $20/game for the regular sea...<i>My IF Gallery seat is $20/game for the regular season, $100/game for the WS - a 500% markup.</i><br /><br />Actually, I did the math wrong. That's only a 400% markup. But why doesn't that make me feel any better?The Real Feel Wood. Accept no substitutes.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13147290573966561009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-77186712151469282532012-08-06T14:17:36.277-04:002012-08-06T14:17:36.277-04:00Mmm...didn't know MLB set post season ticket p...Mmm...didn't know MLB set post season ticket prices. Interesting.SonnyG10https://www.blogger.com/profile/06568010128457246433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-20115109086716122052012-08-06T14:17:25.873-04:002012-08-06T14:17:25.873-04:00I think replays showed the ball was already loose....I think replays showed the ball was already loose..."dropped" by the time Hairston was clawing at it. Anyhow, when we got Ramos in the Capps deal, I thought the guy was an absolute stud. I think I remember saying he was our catcher for the next 10 years. Then he came back this year and looked overweight and slow. Balls were getting by him and his throws weren't the same. With all the money that guys are making in sports today, I cannot possibly fathom how a guy can let himself get out of shape. Hopefully Wilson will come back gangbusters next year.BigCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09727667793782237744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-80416492171465325652012-08-06T14:15:18.841-04:002012-08-06T14:15:18.841-04:00"Werth" and "giddy" in the sam..."Werth" and "giddy" in the same sentence.<br /><br />Finding a cow in the back seat of my car would be less startling.Candidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02384645593063095481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-51522263073944273152012-08-06T14:12:47.972-04:002012-08-06T14:12:47.972-04:00pRAA, good point on the post-season ticket prices....pRAA, good point on the post-season ticket prices. Perhaps I'll reconsider my decision. Tnx.SonnyG10https://www.blogger.com/profile/06568010128457246433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-13575858524380925462012-08-06T14:06:39.125-04:002012-08-06T14:06:39.125-04:00nearly $1.5k for WS for the Diamond Club
Postseas...<i>nearly $1.5k for WS for the Diamond Club</i><br /><br />Postseason ticket prices are set by MLB, not by the teams. My IF Gallery seat is $20/game for the regular season, $100/game for the WS - a 500% markup. Sounds like the Diamond Club seats, which are $150/game for the regular season, are $375/game for the WS - only a 150% markup. Just like Romney's tax plan, the rich clean up at the expense of the middle class.The Real Feel Wood. Accept no substitutes.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13147290573966561009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-58591794249061168752012-08-06T13:53:02.126-04:002012-08-06T13:53:02.126-04:00There's 222 not getting in an argument again w...There's 222 not getting in an argument again with someone who's not me because I'm the only one who gets into arguments with him that he didn't start. Interesting, isn't it?The Real Feel Wood. Accept no substitutes.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13147290573966561009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-80373862416325900982012-08-06T13:49:40.316-04:002012-08-06T13:49:40.316-04:00So the Nats themselves announced this to the fans ...<i>So the Nats themselves announced this to the fans (and any players who were looking at the scoreboard) during the games on Friday.</i><br /><br />I believe the very smaltzy, maudlin, and way too over the top marketing and sales folks are run by different people than Baseball Operations. I'm not sure they even talk to each other much. I mean they intentionally start the wave during games and block people's view? That is pure lame brained stupidity. Reflected in their zeal to post the Suzuki trade on the score board.perichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02669200119049715758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-45786058979713889222012-08-06T13:47:54.765-04:002012-08-06T13:47:54.765-04:00SonnyG10 said...
Just got my 2012 Postseason Acco...<i>SonnyG10 said... <br />Just got my 2012 Postseason Account Statement in the mail today, and WOW!!! Sticker shock. The post season would cost me more that my regular season tickets (22 game plan)...</i><br /><br />Yeah, but keep in mind that they're forcing you to buy tickets for every possible postseason game, 13 in all (possible tiebreaker + wild card game + 3 NLDS + 4 NLCS + 4 WS). There's a good chance some of those games don't get played. Indeed if the Nats win the division and run the table in the postseason, eight of those games become unnecessary. (Tiebreaker, wild card, 2 NLDS, 2 NLCS and 2 WS.) So you'll probably end up getting a big chunk of that money back. Or at least your STH account will...The Real Feel Wood. Accept no substitutes.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13147290573966561009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-4561469794542735752012-08-06T13:45:55.652-04:002012-08-06T13:45:55.652-04:00Section222, that was a pissed response to Suzuki=P...Section222, that was a pissed response to Suzuki=Perfect Fit<br /><br />Part of Beane's strategy is always reducing salary. The San Jose blogs said his time has been over there. Looks like he fell out of favor. I will certainly watch and hope for the best. In one game I saw a catcher who liked to move locations around. Can't comment much further than that.Ghost Of Steve M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05745394350047225996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-75534916081664802792012-08-06T13:45:42.776-04:002012-08-06T13:45:42.776-04:00NatsLady said: "Tcostant, this was much-discu...NatsLady said: "Tcostant, this was much-discussed when it happened. The trade was finalized at 2:30 on the day of a double-header. When, exactly, was Rizzo supposed to have this conversation? Call Jesus before the first game--so Flores could go into shock then? Before the second game, so Leon could go into shock, knowing he was about to go back down? In the 20 seconds before reporters--who were twittering and posting all afternoon-- ambushed Flores in the clubhouse? It's not even clear Rizzo was in town, he wasn't at the games that I could see."<br /><br />I was at the doubleheader on Friday and learned about the trade early in the first game when I check either this site of the Post's site. Then, an hour or so later (I think late in the first game) the news was posted BIG on the centerfield score board that the Nats had acquired Susuki, with a picture of him (it didn't say for whom). So the Nats themselves announced this to the fans (and any players who were looking at the scoreboard) during the games on Friday.OutsideTheLawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17857244296305663678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-61994274012105724132012-08-06T13:39:54.628-04:002012-08-06T13:39:54.628-04:00C'mon peric, we need to exclude Morse's fi...<i>C'mon peric, we need to exclude Morse's first 20 games (which were his spring training)</i><br /><br />Shall we exclude Zimmerman's months where he was closing in on the Mendoza line pre cortisone shot? Its not like LaRoche wasn't coming off of shoulder surgery this season? <br /><br />Morse is still working his way back. He's a slow healer. He'll get there and it sure seems like he is going to do it exactly at the right time if he can avoid further injury. Lots of back injuries this season.perichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02669200119049715758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-79038694395890719152012-08-06T13:37:28.714-04:002012-08-06T13:37:28.714-04:00It's refreshing to see all the different point...It's refreshing to see all the different points of view. Everyone is analyzing what was done, what can be done, and what is happening right now. The bottom line is we-are-where-we-are. But, it's fun to analyze and predict. Kinda gives us something to do!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-84631314235475648252012-08-06T13:37:01.247-04:002012-08-06T13:37:01.247-04:00PS, Beane didn't want Suzuki any more. They ch...<i>PS, Beane didn't want Suzuki any more. They chose .197 Derek Norris over him.</i><br /><br />Uhmmm Ghost,<br /><br />Look at the difference in salaries and the years of control? Suzuki was the face-of-the-franchise in Oakland and commanded pretty decent pay. Too much for strip down to the bare bones, rebuild on the cheap with top prospects acquired in trade to be ready for the move to San Jose A's.<br /><br />Beane is going cheap ... people here call the Lerner's cheap ... Uncle Lew really is cheap!perichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02669200119049715758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-38791145619007582252012-08-06T13:35:39.054-04:002012-08-06T13:35:39.054-04:00C'mon peric, we need to exclude Morse's fi...C'mon peric, we need to exclude Morse's first 20 games (which were his spring training)A DC Wonkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09732615221598098540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-11721070401969648032012-08-06T13:34:08.821-04:002012-08-06T13:34:08.821-04:00Knowing little about Beane beyond his reputation, ...Knowing little about Beane beyond his reputation, didn't the pick Norris based on the huge(?) differential in salary?A DC Wonkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09732615221598098540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-65017208966331022042012-08-06T13:32:45.255-04:002012-08-06T13:32:45.255-04:00@peric - since June 28, Morse has hit 7 home runs ...<i>@peric - since June 28, Morse has hit 7 home runs with 24 RBIs, batted .329 and has an OPS of .872. </i><br /><br />Adam LaRoche .254 ISO 23 home runs, 23 doubles <br />Ryan Zimmerman .183 ISO 15 home runs, 24 doubles<br />Michael Morse .150 ISO 8 home runs, 11 doubles<br /><br />Compared to last season and past seasons where injuries were factors Morse isn't really there yet. Its not like these other two run producers <br />haven't had injuries. He'll come around but he's not there yet.perichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02669200119049715758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-79775903982403450592012-08-06T13:29:33.540-04:002012-08-06T13:29:33.540-04:00Geez Ghost, you lambaste people for "bashing&...Geez Ghost, you lambaste people for "bashing" Ramos and then turn around and dis Suzuki with a comparison to Norris's BA? Suzuki is one of our guys too now, right?Section 222https://www.blogger.com/profile/17106128453333996193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-62144999560890952842012-08-06T13:26:13.721-04:002012-08-06T13:26:13.721-04:00You have seen Suzuki for 1 game and have declared ...You have seen Suzuki for 1 game and have declared him a "perfect fit"?Ghost Of Steve M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05745394350047225996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-55682696975407533452012-08-06T13:25:52.031-04:002012-08-06T13:25:52.031-04:00Yes, I have nightmares of that disastrous 2010 ser...Yes, I have nightmares of that disastrous 2010 series at Houston, too. I'd like to bury those memories with a sweep (or at least 3/4). Granted, we have a completely different staff. But, still, only some wins will exorcise that nightmare for meA DC Wonkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09732615221598098540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-5045717607666334672012-08-06T13:21:57.549-04:002012-08-06T13:21:57.549-04:00Sorry, Ghost (and I make no secret of my own ignor...Sorry, Ghost (and I make no secret of my own ignorance), but I remember more than that one dropped ball at the plate, and he was having trouble blocking dirtballs, as well. He looked heavy, and there was much discussion of it, at the time. I love the Moose, and hope he comes back strong, but I don't see him more than a couple times a week, next year, getting strong at a good, healthy pace... Suzuki=perfect fit...UnkyDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10427401050130317607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-15121985919827663012012-08-06T13:19:52.702-04:002012-08-06T13:19:52.702-04:00Wilson needed 2 operations, ACL and MCL which have...Wilson needed 2 operations, ACL and MCL which have both been successfully repaired. He was at the ballpark over the weekend in a brace and with crutches. The guy is a warrior and Rizzo and Davey love him. <br /><br />May the best man be the #1 in 2013!<br /><br />PS, Beane didn't want Suzuki any more. They chose .197 Derek Norris over him.Ghost Of Steve M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05745394350047225996noreply@blogger.com