tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post6672581827041916127..comments2024-02-15T05:42:18.307-05:00Comments on Nats Insider: VIDEO: Zimmermann gets NL-best 6th winMark Zuckermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13525315258889435961noreply@blogger.comBlogger63125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-59366860278498909602013-05-09T15:29:10.551-04:002013-05-09T15:29:10.551-04:00Aww, who am I kidding? I'll never beat 1a for ...Aww, who am I kidding? I'll never beat 1a for that award. It's really a contest for second place.Holden Baroquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05941566402992955387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-45801356535653136932013-05-09T15:23:01.514-04:002013-05-09T15:23:01.514-04:00You will never hear me say I'm right but then ...<i>You will never hear me say I'm right but then again if you never give an opinion or say anything of substance like 1/2 the people here then they can only be accused of poor grammar.</i><br /><br />But then they can't compete for the Best Grammar in a Nats Blog Post award. We can't allow that.Holden Baroquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05941566402992955387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-60451342398677092372013-05-09T14:32:35.754-04:002013-05-09T14:32:35.754-04:00"Eric, they're competing to win something..."Eric, they're competing to win something. As you read forward, someone's pounding on their chest they beat Mark Zuckerman to a post on attendance."<br /><br />So it bothers you that, in your view, people are competing to bragging rights? Why? Again, who cares?Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00678357994045101892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-68737042318913023552013-05-09T14:08:04.218-04:002013-05-09T14:08:04.218-04:00Eric, they're competing to win something. As y...Eric, they're competing to win something. As you read forward, someone's pounding on their chest they beat Mark Zuckerman to a post on attendance.<br /><br />You will never hear me say I'm right but then again if you never give an opinion or say anything of substance like 1/2 the people here then they can only be accused of poor grammar.<br /><br />Too many posts on the weather and ticket policy and another post by Section 222 about the 20,000 STH. Nats 128https://www.blogger.com/profile/08432607182669878624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-39072709184657961722013-05-09T13:44:41.154-04:002013-05-09T13:44:41.154-04:00"It's the Ghost of Steve M. in Rule #1 wh..."It's the Ghost of Steve M. in Rule #1 where he always has to be right and no different from NatsLady as she is never wrong. Thats the problem here as shown by Section 222, he always has to be right. I'm wrong quite a bit."<br /><br />Even if that's true, who cares? Are we competing to win something? <br /><br />"The problem is the inconsistencies of what Davey says and what Davey does."<br /><br />This doesn't bother me unless he jerking around the actual team. There are many signs suggesting that's not the case.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00678357994045101892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-10328949212598431472013-05-09T13:34:04.216-04:002013-05-09T13:34:04.216-04:00"Eric said...
"doesn't seem inclin..."Eric said... <br /><br />"doesn't seem inclined to listen to the many people that don't believe she is right."<br /><br />Smarter people than me just invented a new phrase to describe this phenomenon: difference of opinion.<br /><br />BRILLIANT!"<br /><br />It's the Ghost of Steve M. in Rule #1 where he always has to be right and no different from NatsLady as she is never wrong. Thats the problem here as shown by Section 222, he always has to be right. I'm wrong quite a bit.<br /><br />Me, I don't like personal servitude. Suzuki can catch for Davey if he wants to. The problem is the inconsistencies of what Davey says and what Davey does.<br /><br />Ramos should have been the catcher yesterday according to Davey's line of thinking: "a personal catcher could undermine a potential offensive advantage against a specific opposing starter."<br /><br />I'm challenging Davey by all of his comments and again I don't care who catches for whom. Part of Strasburg's problem is that he has a giant ego and is a Diva and that's what all this is about and we all know Strasburg isn't going to change.<br /><br /><br /><br />Nats 128https://www.blogger.com/profile/08432607182669878624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-32962229855478818422013-05-09T13:26:18.127-04:002013-05-09T13:26:18.127-04:00Section 222, it has nothing to do with your opinio...Section 222, it has nothing to do with your opinion. You took from that entire article that Kilgore wrote a few paragraphs that very much contradict what Davey Johnson has been saying.<br /><br />Ramos has been the Nats best hitter against Anibal Sanchez. Nobody is a close 2nd and you copied that one statement to support your position which just isn't factual.Nats 128https://www.blogger.com/profile/08432607182669878624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-1941805585591072852013-05-09T12:48:50.897-04:002013-05-09T12:48:50.897-04:00No research needed on this one. It's just my o...No research needed on this one. It's just my opinion. "Personal catchers" are a bad idea for many reasons, most of which have already been stated or alluded to:<br /><br />1. Catchers get hurt, and need rest. If you get used to Ramos and he goes down again, you're stuck with Zuki as the No. 1. Better to pitch to him every other start now.<br /><br />2. If Davey wants to divide the work between his catchers to save both of their legs, he should have the flexibility to go with a matchup he likes. That doesn't mean always using the catcher with the better splits against that day's opposing pitcher. It means balancing that info with other factors, and using the catcher you think is best for that night. <br /><br />3. Pitchers are responsible for their own outings. Don't set up excuses or psychological expectations. <br /><br />Now, if Davey says to himself, "JZnn pitched a great game with Zuki behind the dish last time out, so I want to tinker with the order to line them up again, that's fine. That's different than saying, "Ramos is Stras's personal catcher, regardless of other factors." <br /><br />Those who assert things like "Zuki and JZnn were never on the same page last year" or "Stras and JZnn prefer Ramos, Gio prefers Zuki, and the others are indifferent," haven't provided a shred of evidence for their assertions, and I just don't believe it.Section 222https://www.blogger.com/profile/17106128453333996193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-65499709471030166022013-05-09T12:44:44.393-04:002013-05-09T12:44:44.393-04:00"doesn't seem inclined to listen to the m..."doesn't seem inclined to listen to the many people that don't believe she is right."<br /><br />Smarter people than me just invented a new phrase to describe this phenomenon: difference of opinion.<br /><br />BRILLIANT!Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00678357994045101892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-20227032459976952622013-05-09T12:35:55.946-04:002013-05-09T12:35:55.946-04:00NatsLady is way off base on her thinking with Pera...NatsLady is way off base on her thinking with Peralta but doesn't seem inclined to listen to the many people that don't believe she is right. The chance was much higher for Avila parking a ball in the RF seats than Peralta given more recent stats. <br /><br />Based on Peralta's stats RH/RH for the last season in a large enough sample size, he homers off of RH pitchers only 1.7% of at bats.<br /><br />Peralta can't beat you, he can worse case tie the game. Avila can beat you. Dirks couldn't do much. Needed to pitch in the zone and be aggressive against Dirks. Partial blame on Suzuki he was setting up outside on everything. A good fastball off the plate inside would have helped and then you paint a ball inside the zone on the outside with the fastball.Nats 128https://www.blogger.com/profile/08432607182669878624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-21245778374016940902013-05-09T12:25:09.621-04:002013-05-09T12:25:09.621-04:00Clip kept nibbling and the fish weren't biting...<i>Clip kept nibbling and the fish weren't biting until he got Avila on that high heat.</i><br /><br />Was he nibbling? Or was he just having trouble getting his fastball over the plate?<br /><br />Dominats wrote:<br /><i>Quit making excuses for Clippard, y'all. The fact is, he's on a downward slope</i><br /><br />Alrighty, then. Just the facts:<br /><br />Clip has appeared in 14 games, and has given up zero runs in 11 of them. He has given up zero hits in 9 of them.<br /><br />(Although last night he needed 34 pitches to get the inning over -- his last two appearances (May 4 & 5, at Pittsburgh) he needed 11 and 9 pitches, respectively.)<br /><br />He's 28.<br /><br />Hard to see a downward slope there . . . A DC Wonkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09732615221598098540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-80195352077714682302013-05-09T12:18:28.896-04:002013-05-09T12:18:28.896-04:00"NatsLady said...
Well, 222, we're goin..."NatsLady said...<br /> <br />Well, 222, we're going to disagree on this. If Clip had "challenged" Peralta and he'd sent it out of the park, we'd all be wondering why he didn't unintentionally-intentionally walk him and get to the .186 hitter. (And yes, I don't care that much what Avila was doing two years ago)."<br /><br />What you need to understand is that Avila 2 years ago hit 19 HRs and was a Silver Slugger and he's not a banjo hitter.<br /><br />He played through several injuries last year and will probably hit 20 to 25 HRs this year if he stays healthy.<br /><br />In fact only Bryce Harper on the Nats has hit more HRs than him this year.<br /><br />You don't pitch around Peralta to put the winning run in the batters box. You have after Dirks with everything you got because he can't beat you and that was the first mistake with all that nibbling to put him in a position to walk on several outside pitches.<br />Nats 128https://www.blogger.com/profile/08432607182669878624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-29171631244131231472013-05-09T12:17:35.274-04:002013-05-09T12:17:35.274-04:00>Eric, a "little daylight" is generou...>Eric, a "little daylight" is generous. Learned that after about two press conferences...<br /><br />Yes, yes it is ;). I think it all goes back to the first part of that famous Yogi Berra quip: "baseball is 90% mental..."Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00678357994045101892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-42600628663077002662013-05-09T12:16:01.630-04:002013-05-09T12:16:01.630-04:00Y'know, I read an interesting article in the O...Y'know, I read <a href="http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2013-05-04/sports/os-davey-johnson-nationals-0505-20130504_1_davey-johnson-stephen-strasburg-washington-nationals" rel="nofollow">an interesting article</a> in the Orlando Sentinal recently about Davey, and it raises this very interesting point (by way of a TERRIBLE run on sentence ;)):<br />"Johnson used his math-degree background during his early playing days with the Baltimore Orioles to create computer programs to generate lineup suggestions to his manager Earl Weaver based on the percentage-baseball theories of mathematician Earnshaw Cook."<br /><br />I think one of two things are going on when Davey makes seemingly irrational or otherwise bizarre decisions:<br />1) He's experimenting because it's still early and we're still in it. I think the catchers since Ramos' return and the bullpen so far this season reflect this a lot.<br />2) He bases his decisions on very deep statistical analyses that reveal things that might be nigh impossible to understand on the surface.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00678357994045101892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-48396782120504969232013-05-09T12:13:20.464-04:002013-05-09T12:13:20.464-04:00Yes, Davey had Storen up--and he said Clip was on ...Yes, Davey had Storen up--and he said Clip was on his last batter. Clip was over 30 pitches and we've seen these battles before, and if he'd pulled Clip mid-inning or even in the middle of an at-bat, so be it. Davey is playing to win, not to soothe his pitchers' egos. Davey trusts Clip, but he's got a backup plan, and not afraid to use it. I like that in a manager. NatsLadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06814911056080758503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-15123476831772963442013-05-09T12:08:44.626-04:002013-05-09T12:08:44.626-04:00Eric, a "little daylight" is generous. L...Eric, a "little daylight" is generous. Learned that after about two press conferences... NatsLadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06814911056080758503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-66358169228929775202013-05-09T12:07:38.944-04:002013-05-09T12:07:38.944-04:00MicheleS said:
"So working from home today a...MicheleS said:<br /><br />"So working from home today and watching the replay of last's nights game, getting to see angles and pitch track which I didn't have in person last night."<br /><br />Working from home and watching a baseball game? Please tell me this isn't an example of my federal tax dollars "at work".<br /><br />Knoxville Nathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06726017456843267737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-69841039586842519272013-05-09T12:05:07.122-04:002013-05-09T12:05:07.122-04:00As we all know the Nats success against Anibal San...As we all know the Nats success against Anibal Sanchez has been very limited. In fact prior to yesterday's game, only Wilson Ramos and Ian Desmond were the only 2 Nats batters with an OBP over .350 against him.<br /><br />It was very surprising with all the days off that Wilson Ramos wasn't catching yesterday which does as the poster at 11:44AM make mention of is contrary to what Davey had just said in his discussion with Kilgore.<br /><br />Ramos overall can get into a real groove offensively and that is what Davey needs to take advantage of by playing him some more games back to back and even if Davey claims he doesn't believe in personal catchers should really think more about what will get Strasburg into the best position to win games.<br /><br />Read what Strasburg said in the article and also understand some of his being politcally correct.Ghost Of Steve M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05745394350047225996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-22800226305169247822013-05-09T12:03:59.950-04:002013-05-09T12:03:59.950-04:00Sorry if I flipped that on ya, NatsLady, had to ma...Sorry if I flipped that on ya, NatsLady, had to make an edit and there's no button for that ;).Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00678357994045101892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-9181040088924679512013-05-09T12:03:31.632-04:002013-05-09T12:03:31.632-04:00Dominats, by the logic of your post about Clippard...Dominats, by the logic of your post about Clippard, half our pitching staff (both starters and relievers) is on a downward slope.<br /><br />NatsLady, while I initially agreed with you, I think it's telling that Davey got on the horn to the bullpen and that Storen was up and hot well before Clippard finished the inning. Still, I don't think the dude is washed up.<br /><br />"Davey sent Clip out there to get Miggy and Fielder. He could have sent Storen. Maybe there was a bit of a mental letdown after Clip got the big ones, and he went to a 2-0 count on Dirks."<br /><br />As I recall, JZimm kinda did the same thing at one point: smoked Cabrera and Fielder, then gave up two hits (or maybe one was a walk?) before ending the inning with Avila.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00678357994045101892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-29218509805786406672013-05-09T12:03:20.528-04:002013-05-09T12:03:20.528-04:00Yeah, we had this discussion last year. Clip had a...Yeah, we had this discussion last year. Clip had a really rough spring in 2012, then he went on the amazing run in May and June. Bad July, great August, bad September. He just seems to be streaky, not washed up. Nothing wrong with his velocity.NatsLadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06814911056080758503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-88169579614603965572013-05-09T12:02:39.078-04:002013-05-09T12:02:39.078-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00678357994045101892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-72916465855946965002013-05-09T11:59:51.564-04:002013-05-09T11:59:51.564-04:00NatsLady, a couple of years ago the standard excus...NatsLady, a couple of years ago the standard excuse for Lannan was that "he battled out there." It appears that's now going to be the standard excuse for Clippard.Get Your Re(n)d Onhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07415768708950183487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-56168440280592769342013-05-09T11:58:14.480-04:002013-05-09T11:58:14.480-04:00There are only two kinds of pitchers who rate a pe...There are only two kinds of pitchers who rate a personal catcher. Knuckleballers and divas. Strasburg isn't the former, and I don't think he wants to become known as the latter.Get Your Re(n)d Onhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07415768708950183487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-67318309158466136142013-05-09T11:57:10.863-04:002013-05-09T11:57:10.863-04:00Oh and Wonk. love the Wonkling stories! They are...Oh and Wonk. love the Wonkling stories! They are great.MicheleShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04972863154063796569noreply@blogger.com