tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post1538512579727419033..comments2024-02-15T05:42:18.307-05:00Comments on Nats Insider: Beltway Baseball Live - 9/28/11Mark Zuckermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13525315258889435961noreply@blogger.comBlogger67125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-6550520246305833992011-09-28T23:23:06.750-04:002011-09-28T23:23:06.750-04:00Selected item currently not available.
And the qu...Selected item currently not available.<br /><br />And the question you should have asked or commanded, Todd Boss, was when he thought Rendon would be in the majors because he is likely going to be a lot better than Harper.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-10769108821777691632011-09-28T20:17:05.364-04:002011-09-28T20:17:05.364-04:00Go Indians! For the Love of God....Go Indians!Go Indians! For the Love of God....Go Indians!Starbudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152635285490074373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-89534275403653727122011-09-28T19:51:56.455-04:002011-09-28T19:51:56.455-04:00& Shana tovah to all.
Now. Come. Eat. Dinner&#...& Shana tovah to all.<br />Now. Come. Eat. Dinner's ready.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-6872653825074931122011-09-28T19:14:32.537-04:002011-09-28T19:14:32.537-04:00Shana tovah, as of 6:56Shana tovah, as of 6:56Soul Possession, PFB Sofahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08891662837668214475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-32693411826896148612011-09-28T16:39:40.963-04:002011-09-28T16:39:40.963-04:00Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year's day, star...Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year's day, starts tonight. To Mark, Mrs. Z, Brian, and all Insiders who celebrate the day, I want to give the traditional greeting, Shanah Tovah ("a good new year" to you). And to the Nats also, a good new year!Nats Outsidernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-83975485983837375792011-09-28T15:44:36.974-04:002011-09-28T15:44:36.974-04:00I totally meant Wagner, and you totally knew it. Y...I totally meant Wagner, and you totally knew it. You're just totally pretending you thought I meant Wagner instead, trying to wind me up.<br /><br />A poxina upon all y'all's houses.Scooternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-55151470332654310882011-09-28T15:29:08.690-04:002011-09-28T15:29:08.690-04:00Yes. I know. :-)
(Also, I assume you knew to whom ...<i>Yes. I know. :-)<br />(Also, I assume you knew to whom I referred as "Wagner." After posting, I realized that it could refer to Richard as well. Essentially, my entire comment was one great big Nickname Fail.) </i><br /><br />OK, in context, my first thought was of Der Fliegende Holländer--and not Xaviera, the other one. But then I realized you might have meant Wagner, not Wagner. <br />But Great Big Nickname Fail would be a good name for a garage band.<br /><br />captcha: "poxina" -- which might be a nickname for Poison Ivy.Soul Possession, PFB Sofahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08891662837668214475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-69843573578159871312011-09-28T15:17:18.069-04:002011-09-28T15:17:18.069-04:00Boz on Harper:
Another note, Harper's progres...Boz on Harper:<br /><br />Another note, Harper's progress got slowed by AA pitching. He's going to be a factor, but I'd say more like '14-'15 than '12-'13. Remember, he won't be 21 until after the '14 seasaon. With hindsight, the Braves probably pushed Jayson Hayward too fast. Now he's batting No. 8. There's a lesson in that.Anonymous8noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-73155959131522785282011-09-28T15:08:35.907-04:002011-09-28T15:08:35.907-04:00Sec 3, My Sofa said...
Boswell's comments on ...Sec 3, My Sofa said... <br />Boswell's comments on Wang: "As amazing as his comeback story is, Wang isn't close to his NY stuff. Looks like a Jason Marquis type at this point in his career."<br /><br />OK, but to be fair, that's after two years of rehab, and about two months of starts. He's not all the way back yet, and this was an unusual injury for a pitcher, so it's not out of the question he can still improve. I don't think I fold that hand without seeing what else is on the table. <br /><br />September 28, 2011 2:17 PM <br /><br />Interesting comment from Boz. "At this point in his career" is the key phrase. Can Wang get better or is he going to be a 6 inning max with 3.80 ERA guy like we saw the past few weeks and at times, inconsistent?<br /><br />Based on what we saw, I don't see Wang as a 19 win guy. Will he improve next year? Hope so if he is playing on the Nats.Anonymous8noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-74285576370377514762011-09-28T14:55:01.382-04:002011-09-28T14:55:01.382-04:00N. Cognito, there are just too many excuses given ...N. Cognito, there are just too many excuses given for losing. Many times it is the personnel just aren't doing the job. Doug Slaten is one of them.<br /><br />I wasn't on the Henry Rodriguez love train as I didn't see him as MLB ready when the Nats brought him up. He cost the team in many games that counted and he has certainly progressed, and as the say "at what price comes progress"?<br /><br />There were others who didn't get the job done like Stairs, Broderick, Burnett (for most of the season), and of course there were those big injuries and long offensive slumps. Then there was the debacle prior to Opening Day with Nyjer Morgan which left the team with no lead-off until Davey fixed Ian Desmond.<br /><br />Some of it is hindsight. Much of it was foresight. How many losses could have been wins? The Nats only missed the playoffs by 11 to 12 wins. Yesterday was just 1 of those 11 to 12 losses that you wonder what could have been done differently.Gonatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-62360711420972401022011-09-28T14:54:13.867-04:002011-09-28T14:54:13.867-04:00Sec 3, My Sofa said...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...<i>Sec 3, My Sofa said...<br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Dutchman</i><br /><br />Yes. I know. :-)<br /><br />(Also, I assume you knew to whom I referred as "Wagner." After posting, I realized that it could refer to Richard as well. Essentially, my entire comment was one great big Nickname Fail.)Scooternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-31417476664051944502011-09-28T14:23:17.950-04:002011-09-28T14:23:17.950-04:00Werth should try to get a key hit to help us win i...Werth should try to get a key hit to help us win instead of just talking about winning. His season has been a disaster. I can't even believe he's talking. Worst clutch player on the team. 90% of the few hits he did get were in low stress situations. With him locked into the top half of lineup because of his salary, he needs to be surrounded with a couple new guys that put the ball in play. We can excuse Zimm and Morse's K's because they generally produce.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-59942532503008598462011-09-28T14:23:05.483-04:002011-09-28T14:23:05.483-04:00You know what is amazing to me about the Arizona D...You know what is amazing to me about the Arizona Diamondbacks is they get rid of their 3rd baseman Mark Reynolds who was a HR hitting strikeout king and scored 20 more runs this season however the big difference has been in the pitching. They allowed their young pitchers like Kennedy to mature and Kennedy knocked off 1 earned run per start off of his record and Collmenter was a 1/2 run better than their 2nd best pitcher last year. <br /><br />Overall, pitching got better by over 170 runs vs. last year which of course is over 1 run per game and that's how they did it.<br /><br />Now, the question can be, besides a maturing pitching staff, what did Kirk Gibson and coaches do to get any change. It is one of the most dramatic changes in baseball history.Anonymous8noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-14309235569458870032011-09-28T14:19:44.880-04:002011-09-28T14:19:44.880-04:00Gonat said...
"Listen to Jayson Werth's ...Gonat said... <br />"Listen to Jayson Werth's words. When someone said these games were meaningless and other said they have meaning, I have felt what Jayson has said to be a mindset or Jayson says is "ingrained" with some and accepting losing is OK."<br /><br />You are taking the use of "meaningless" on this board, way, way too literally.N. Cognitonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-30665465596437517292011-09-28T14:17:13.343-04:002011-09-28T14:17:13.343-04:00Boswell's comments on Wang: "As amazing a...<i>Boswell's comments on Wang: "As amazing as his comeback story is, Wang isn't close to his NY stuff. Looks like a Jason Marquis type at this point in his career."</i><br /><br />OK, but to be fair, that's after two years of rehab, and about two months of starts. He's not all the way back yet, and this was an unusual injury for a pitcher, so it's not out of the question he can still improve. I don't think I fold that hand without seeing what else is on the table.Soul Possession, PFB Sofahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08891662837668214475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-85835956928614616632011-09-28T14:17:12.463-04:002011-09-28T14:17:12.463-04:00(non-Nats - this year - but baseball related)
Wil...(non-Nats - this year - but baseball related)<br /><br />Will you be setting up game discussion threads for the division and championship games and the World Series as you did last fall?natsfan1anoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-46284334089535825872011-09-28T14:04:52.322-04:002011-09-28T14:04:52.322-04:00Is the front office optimistic enough about 2012 t...Is the front office optimistic enough about 2012 that they would start Strasburg's season in June to keep him pitching through a potential playoff run?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-62786732441912502432011-09-28T14:01:29.678-04:002011-09-28T14:01:29.678-04:00From Boswell's chat at 11AM yesterday, very im...From Boswell's chat at 11AM yesterday, very important to read his comments on Wang for anyone who thinks he is any better than a #4:<br /><br />...Strasburg and Jordan Zimmermann are far ahead of the rest of the Nats starting pitchers in talent and neither of them has ever won 10 games. The rest have the potential to be pretty good.<br /><br /><b>As amazing as his comeback story is, Wang isn't close to his NY stuff. Looks like a Jason Marquis type at this point in his career.</b> Lannan, an average MLB starter, never pitches well against the Phils. He won last week. But they still looked like they were constantly about to clobber him. Detwiler still needs to prove he's toughened up enough to get the most out of his stuff. His 3.00 ERA is part good luck this year. FIP __Fielder Independent Pitching__ is a could counterbalance to ERA so you don't get too excited (or depressed) about various pitchers. Here are the Nats FIPs.<br /><br />Strasburg...1.47. Zimmermann...3.16. Milone...3.30....Marquis 3.78...Peacock 3.86...Livan H 3.95...Detwiler 4.20...Lannan 4.30...Wang 4.56.<br /><br />If forced, I'd take the FIPs of this group as more indicative than the ERAs. (Excluding Stras' number.)Gonatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-19675494520363232602011-09-28T13:56:41.465-04:002011-09-28T13:56:41.465-04:00“It was a joke on some levels, but on some levels ...<i>“It was a joke on some levels, but on some levels not,” Werth told Kilgore regarding his assistance in the President's Race. “There’s an expectancy of losing there. It goes back to the first month of the season when we won two games in a row and [a reporter] asked me about the two-game winning streak. It’s like, ‘No.’ That whole thing had to stop. That had to stop in a big way. When an organization or a team is really young and is coming from many losing seasons, it starts to get ingrained. I’m not saying that I’m the one who changed it. It’s got to be a conscious effort on everybody’s part. But I definitely wasn’t complacent when I saw that happening.”,</i><br /><br />Listen to Jayson Werth's words. When someone said these games were meaningless and other said they have meaning, I have felt what Jayson has said to be a mindset or Jayson says is "ingrained" with some and accepting losing is OK.<br /><br />Look, we all know every team will lose their 50 games and win their 50 games and it is the rest of those 62 that determines the playoff teams and the cellar dwellers. Given that, we still shouldn't say, ok, we lost that game and it is ok we lost because we learned something. You should learn from every game just like last night's game.<br /><br />The culture has to change where we expect winning last night. I felt that change recently and last night stung. It felt like same ole same ole. Lack of offense, member of the bullpen blows it, we say how great the opposing pitcher was. I can think of 49 other games like that.Gonatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-12024978092997863012011-09-28T13:52:12.222-04:002011-09-28T13:52:12.222-04:00"Somebody said...
What do you see at the bigg...<i>"Somebody said...<br />What do you see at the biggest surprise trade of the off-season?"<br /><br />Ladies and gentlemen, we have a winner.</i><br /><br />Cosign.Soul Possession, PFB Sofahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08891662837668214475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-86236656592883888962011-09-28T13:49:53.185-04:002011-09-28T13:49:53.185-04:00Scooter, you leave me no choice. I'm sorry.
h...Scooter, you leave me no choice. I'm sorry.<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Dutchman<br /><br />The legend of the Flying Dutchman concerns a ghost ship that can never make port, doomed to sail the oceans forever. It probably originates from 17th-century nautical folklore. The oldest extant version dates to the late 18th century.<br /><br />Sightings in the 19th and 20th centuries report the ship to be glowing with ghostly light. If hailed by another ship the crew of the Flying Dutchman will try to send messages to land, or to people long dead. In ocean lore, the sight of this phantom ship is a portent of doom.Soul Possession, PFB Sofahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08891662837668214475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-56296659512508565382011-09-28T13:43:51.368-04:002011-09-28T13:43:51.368-04:00DCJohn, the Diamondbacks found balance and there X...DCJohn, the Diamondbacks found balance and there XFactor in Paul Goldschmidt.<br /><br />Justin Upton had a career year and the pitching combo of Ian Kennedy, Hudson, Saunder and Collmenter all had 10 wins or more and JJ Putz was big in the bullpen.<br /><br />Collmenter was a rookie and actually had the 2nd lowest ERA of their starters.<br /><br />Add to it that they play in an offense challenged NL West. They have good balance, 6th in offense and 8th in pitching. <br /><br />I don't expect them to go far in the Playoffs. Still, a good story in the MLB this year.Gonatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-45582965795468717952011-09-28T13:33:45.546-04:002011-09-28T13:33:45.546-04:00Mark, besides the Free Agents that Nats have, and ...Mark, besides the Free Agents that Nats have, and the obvious big name Free Agents of CC Sabathia and CJ Wilson, Pujols and Fielder, who do you see as the most likely target of Rizzo in Free Agency?<br /><br />I have seen Coco Crisp thrown around and in the past few days Josh Willingham. Really? Josh Willingham? I thought that ship had sailed.Anonymous8 or 8 for shortnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-66617233060703642742011-09-28T13:30:04.223-04:002011-09-28T13:30:04.223-04:00If the Nats can win improve their record by anothe...If the Nats can win improve their record by another 11 or12 games, very possible with Strasburg, Zimmermann, and possibly another front line starter. I would like Mark and Chase to discuss how this team can get to 90 wins. How did the Diamondbacks do it. Can we?DCJohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16929486318000835845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-87068397571276772312011-09-28T13:27:45.603-04:002011-09-28T13:27:45.603-04:00Personally, I like Despinosa for the MI. ANd I lik...Personally, I like Despinosa for the MI. ANd I like it better than Espi and Desi.<br /><br />--a former 16 year old girlJaneBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04882101532666365432noreply@blogger.com