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| Mark Zuckerman / NATS INSIDER |
Yep, Harper is sitting this one out after aggravating his left knee diving for Daniel Murphy's liner in the fifth inning of Game 1, according to Davey Johnson. He stayed in the game until the eighth, at which point he was replaced by pinch-runner Scott Hairston. So Steve Lombardozzi, who has five hits over the last 24 hours, gets the start in left field.
Ross Ohlendorf makes the spot start for the Nationals, perhaps an audition to see if he could join the rotation on a permanent basis with Taylor Jordan perhaps headed back to the minors in advance of his post-Tommy John shutdown. The veteran righty will have to be in top form tonight.
After a debacle like that first game, do the Nats even want to get back out on the field? "Yeah," Johnson said. "I'm actually glad we got another one tonight." We'll see how this plays out.
Updates to come...
NEW YORK METS at WASHINGTON NATIONALS (Game 2)
Where: Nationals Park
Gametime: 7:05 p.m. EDT
TV: MASN2, MLB.tv
Radio: WJFK (106.7 FM), WFED (1500), XM 183
Weather: Mostly clear, 81 degrees, Wind 5 mph out to CF
NATIONALS (49-54)
CF Denard Span
2B Anthony Rendon
3B Ryan Zimmerman
1B Adam LaRoche
RF Jayson Werth
SS Ian Desmond
LF Steve Lombardozzi
C Wilson Ramos
RHP Ross Ohlendorf
METS (46-53)
CF Juan Lagares
2B Daniel Murphy
3B David Wright
RF Marlon Byrd
1B Josh Satin
SS Justin Turner
C John Buck
LF Andrew Brown
RHP Matt Harvey
UMPIRES
HP Kerwin Danley (cc)
1B Lance Berkman
2B Vic Carapazza
3B Dave Rackley
7:06 p.m. — We are underway with a strike from Ross Ohlendorf to Juan Lagares.
7:20 p.m. — It was a bit of a laborious top of the first, but Ohlendorf got out of it without suffering any damage. He gave up an infield single to Juan Lagares, with Ian Desmond making a spectacular play just to get to the ball deep in the hole at shortstop, and a one-out walk to David Wright. But Ohlendorf struck out Marlon Byrd and Josh Satin to end the inning.
7:26 p.m. — A 1-2-3 bottom of the first for Matt Harvey, but there was a real scary moment for the Mets when Justin Turner and Andrew Brown collided chasing down Denard Span's shallow flyball down the left field line. It looked like the teammates' heads collided, with Turner going down hard and remaining down for a while. He stayed in the game, but we'll see if he remains out there. Scoreless after one.
7:39 p.m. — Well, at least we don't have to worry about Harvey throwing a no-hitter tonight. For that, you can thank Jayson Werth, who singled to right-center in the bottom of the second. Of course, he was immediately erased by Ian Desmond on a 6-4-3 double play. Scoreless after two.
7:55 p.m. — Hey, it's a runner in scoring position! Wilson Ramos doubles down the left-field line with one out in the bottom of the third, putting the Nats in business. Except, this being the Nats, they're not really in business just because they have a man in scoring position. Ohlendorf struck out on three pitches, and then Span struck out to end the inning. So they're 0-for-2 tonight and 0-for-6 overall today with RISP. The results of those six at-bats: K, 4-3, P5, K, K, K. Still 0-0 after three.
8:09 p.m. — And the Mets are on the board in the top of the fourth, getting a couple of doubles from Josh Satin and John Buck (the latter over Lombardozzi's head in left field). So it's 1-0 tonight and 12-0 for the day.
8:18 p.m. — Make it four scoreless innings for Harvey on 44 total pitches. The Nats have yet to score in 13 innings of baseball today.
8:39 p.m. — Breaking news: The Nats have scored a run! Repeat: The Nats have scored a run! (Note: The run did not score as a result of a hit. It came via a Murphy error trying to turn a ridiculous 6-4-3 double play.) But the Nats will take 'em any way they can right now. It's a 1-1 game after five.
8:51 p.m. — In all seriousness, Ross Ohlendorf has been a godsend for the Nationals. He's allowed one run over six innings tonight, striking out eight. And his season ERA is now down to 1.93 ERA. What a pleasant development this season. Still 1-1, middle of the sixth.
9:13 p.m. — Holy moly, Ross Ohlendorf. After issuing a two-out walk to Murphy in the top of the seventh, he found himself facing Wright with two on in a 1-1 game, having thrown 113 pitches. And not a soul was stirring in the bullpen. So what did Ohlendorf do? He got Wright to pop out on the first pitch, ending the inning and keeping this a 1-1 game at the stretch. Phenomenal work tonight by the right-hander.
9:27 p.m. — A scoreless eighth for Tyler Clippard. So it remains 1-1 as we go to the bottom of the eighth.
9:35 p.m. — A little excitement in the bottom of the eighth, as Bryce Harper stepped to the plate to pinch-hit. Harvey tried to get him on a 99 mph fastball at the eyes, but Harper wouldn't bite. Instead, he got him to ground out on an 88 mph slider. So we go to the ninth in a 1-1 game, with Rafael Soriano in.
9:50 p.m. — Soriano tried his best to blow it, putting a man on third with one out. But he somehow wriggled his way out of the jam, so we go to the bottom of the ninth, the Nats and Mets still tied 1-1. It'll be Rendon, Zimmerman and LaRoche against LaTroy Hawkins.
9:58 p.m. — Ryan Zimmerman, ladies and gentlemen. His 9th career walk-off homer, his first since 2011. Nats win 2-1.
A poster in the previous thread wrote that s/he keeps watching out of 'horrid fascination' (or something to that effect). I guess I fall into the same category. Go Nats!
ReplyDeleteWilliam Ladson @washingnats 13s
ReplyDeleteI was told by two baseball people that #Nats RHP Drew Storen was still sick when he pitched in the first game of the Day-Night Doubleheader.
That's really pretty messed up by Davey. I understand he couldn't stick with Mattheus and he wanted to save the A-bullpen, but why not put in Krol or something?
Eugene in Oregon,
ReplyDeleteThat was me and I live in Corvallis Oregon
nats guy,
ReplyDeleteMaybe it has something to do with the Pacific NW rain?
This team is like road kill. You know it's gonna be hideous but you just can't help looking.
ReplyDeleteYou promised to go a month ago we all knew you couldnt.
DeleteI didt DVR game. i cannot remember Harp diving. Can soneobe remind me.
ReplyDeleteWhere is Mick. I told him I wss willing to bet tge mortgage no no hitter tonight.
ReplyDeleteManassas, I don't remember a dive this afternoon, either. He played one off the wall. He dove for one last night, and then an inning later there was another ball hit exactly the same way and Bryce played it on the bounce. He seemed like he may have aggravated it on that play last night. Johnson said he was going to watch him closer the other night.
ReplyDeleteLucky Span, eh? He gets to lead off again tonight. Too bad it's against Harvey.
Yesterday it was the girst hit by marte he caught.
DeleteToday long fly by Wright took him to the wall.
There was a play today where he fell kind of awkwardly for a ball. It was hit to the gap and he closed quickly and it wasn't a full out dive, but a full out dive probably would've been better because whatever he did caused him to land directly on his knee. I can't remember the batter though.
ReplyDeleteNot riggering in my mind.
DeleteDavey could have let Hairston pitch. That was some kind of sick joke with Storen. I wish you could sue for malpractice. I hope Rizzo accepts Davey's resignation on Monday.
ReplyDeleteMy OSHA lawyer friend here for our class reunion tomorrow night said. Baseball because of anti trust crap is exempt. But in most industries intentionally making someone to work with documented illness is a line to avoid.
DeleteIs Natslady turning on Davey after the post-all star break disaster kinda like Cronkite turning on the Vietnam War after the Tet offensive?
ReplyDeleteGood line
DeleteNot really, Just wonderin''. NL has been quite critical of Davey many times here.
ReplyDeleteIt wasn't Harper at the wall. It was a different play in the gap today. I can picture is perfectly in my mind, but I can't recall who the hitter was.
ReplyDeleteOn the Storen thing: Drew said he felt better. I guess Johnson took him at his word. Where did the 102* figure for his fever come from? 102 for an adult is serious stuff. I find it a little questionable. Maybe Drew had smoke coming out of his ears in response to his last couple of outings? I really expect for him to be sent down in the next 24 hours. Chalk one up for the "unmentionable one", as he predicted it would happen.
ReplyDeleteIt was tweeted early,j FP old us etc.
DeleteI said if true why was he out tgere at all.
Totsl malpractice or not telling the ptess the truth.
told you he had lost it and he is too old.
ReplyDeleteI was sure he was going to pull a Riggleman.
DeleteDrew's dad tweeted that Storen had a 102 degree temperature and was unpleased by Davey using him.
ReplyDeleteDrew's dads opinion means less to me than simple common sense.
DeleteMy kid's employers occassional do stupid things but i dont tweet about it.
Just wonderin' I don't get where you're coming from. NatsLady wasn't ever real big in Davey's camp, even last year before the playoffs. That was a BS poke.
ReplyDeleteRegarding Storen and the flu...didn't Michael Jordan put up one of the all time great games of his life in the playoffs back in '97 while suffering from the flu (it may also have been food poisoning)?
ReplyDeleteHere's the deal, if Storen is suited up and in the bullpen, he's available as far as the manager is concerned. If he really was that sick, he should not have been there.
I'd just like to know whose call it was that he was there. If Storen said he was well enough to pitch, I do not blame Davey for using him.
If he is sick then the manager has to be smart enough to sen him home.
DeleteDrew's dad is being VERY disingenuous for the reasons I mentioned above. Frankly, he ought to keep quiet until the facts are known.
ReplyDeleteEven after known keep quiet. I never wanted my dad in my business, nor do my kids want me in theirs
DeleteYou have a point karlkochak. Drew was not even expected to get dressed for the game, but Davey said in the second inning he got dressed and the trainer told Davey he was feeling better. So if that's the case, it's not really on Davey. At the same time, there have been conflicting reports on how sick Storen really was.
ReplyDeleteThe stink..the stench...it's overwhelming.
ReplyDeleteGet this dead carcass out of here.
Soren said, "Skip, if you send me out I'm gonna puke on the mound." And Davey said, "So what's different?"
ReplyDeleteHardest job in Natstown .......FP Santangelo...he by nature is the most upbeat positive person I've seen....even he is struggling to stay positive
ReplyDeleteSeamhead (and Natslady) - Cronkite comparison certainly wasn't meant to be a poke -- more of a compliment. Even the most level-headed objective observes (Natslady = Cronkite here) eventually call it like it is -- which is a powerful signal.
ReplyDeleteI understood different venues, but a useful analogy.
DeleteYouvwere talk about tge job, not tge what was being reported.
I'm sure Drew does not appreciate his mom and dad tweeting about it.
ReplyDeleteI would be pissed if my parents did.
DeleteI would be pissed at myself for being so poor in July.
Someone jog my memory.
ReplyDeleteWhat Kerwin Danley do in the last monthcthat I was not happy with him about. Seems lije hecwas home plate ump then too.
Ifcthat is harper and Ian its a triple.
ReplyDeleteLaRoche had the flu and he suited up and he told Davey he could go if needed. Davey didn't, though I think he did pinch hit.
ReplyDeleteAgree Drew's folks have no business going public w/ their complaint. Just a mess.
ALR did not pinch hit either last Friday or Saturday.
DeleteUgly, ugly, ugly game..... Just dispicable... I don't understand Storen going in at all....
ReplyDeleteUnh unh unh..
And Drew's parent shouldn't have opened there mouths... You never do that... Let your son be grown and the professional that he is...
Storen acting more adult then either parent.
DeleteDavid Proctor said...
ReplyDeleteIt wasn't Harper at the wall. It was a different play in the gap today. I can picture is perfectly in my mind, but I can't recall who the hitter was.
MNF, DP is right, it was an awkward kind of catch and he skidded on his knees...early on in the game, not sure who was AB tho.
I must have looked away as that play rings no bell.
DeleteAnd after this... Someone will come out and school D Murphy and make him look like he belongs in triple A.... Gosh these Nats are aggravating...
ReplyDeleteLove them to death and will continue to hold out hope until we are mathematically eliminated but they can rip in your heart in shreds...
Mark Zuckerman @ZuckermanCSN 46s
ReplyDelete#Nats have lost 13 of 15. Last time they lost 14 of 16? May '09. Some pitchers who lost during that stretch: G. Mock, K. Wells, S. Martis.
Wow that's hard to believe.
BTW my son on the ball text me as he reads this but wont talk.
ReplyDeleteKerwin Danley called Harper out at home when clearly the tag was on chest. And legs safe.
July 11 loss to phils 3-1
it was more like he fell to his knees than skidded but it was an awkward catch, almost like he lost track of it...seemed harmless enough but that's the only play that comes to mind where he hit kind of hard.
ReplyDelete"David Proctor said...
ReplyDeleteWilliam Ladson @washingnats 13s
I was told by two baseball people that #Nats RHP Drew Storen was still sick when he pitched in the first game of the Day-Night Doubleheader.
That's really pretty messed up by Davey. I understand he couldn't stick with Mattheus and he wanted to save the A-bullpen, but why not put in Krol or something?"
Davey told Dave Jageler between games that in the second inning Storen got dressed, told the trainer he was good enough to pitch and went to the bullpen. In other words, he didn't call in sick, so why shouldn't Davey use him?
His pitching showed you why.
DeleteOne thing I want Schu to do for sure is to take care of the ALR shift. a few taps down the line for singles might break that up.
ReplyDeleteWell we won't get no hit.
ReplyDeleteMick where are you? Sorry none of my mortgage for you.
ReplyDeleteIf Desi wants to be an ump become one. In the meantime advance base runners.
ReplyDeleteHe has been whining at the umps way too much this home stand.
I always had reservations about Davey, since Day 1. Everyone told me how smart he was so I figured what do I know and I tried to understand his moves. I was so mad the day he blew the 9 run lead, even though he "took responsibility," I have never seen a worse managed game (I was there). Still, everyone has an off day, so I still tried. I don't think he blew it in Spring Training, but he never instilled any urgency in the team, and he made a lot of in game blunders.
ReplyDeleteI feel sorry for him. But I didn't want him humiliated. This afternoon I feel he humiliated a young man who was physically ill and mentally distressed. I am not a big Storen fan, you all know that I felt all along Clipp is the superior pitcher, not on raw stuff but on baseball IQ and toughness. Nevertheless, it is wrong on so many levels to treat Storen this way-- letting him know publicly he could be sent down and then this. That is not a "players' manager."
Clip has easily been best pitcher on tge staff.
DeleteDesi has been whining at the umps more this homestand than I've ever seen him do it before. He's been right most of the time, but whining isn't going to help. It's just frustration boiling over.
ReplyDeleteTake it out on the opponent not the umps. That is how you take care of it.
DeleteThat is good hitting. At least 5 by the Mets right tgrough the box. Instead hit right at the SS.
ReplyDeleteIt must be cold at the stadium Julie dressed like it is 55.
ReplyDeleteBuffalo.
ReplyDeleteNL, love your posts and you have a good point but come on, if Storen can put on a uni, he can certainly get 2 outs in a mop-up effort...it wasn't like Davey was asking him to get 2 outs in a 1 run game...if i recall correctly, Jack Lambert played football with a broken leg...good golly, certainly Storen can get a few outs in a meaningless game vs. the Mets...and for mommy & daddy to chime in via twitter, well, that is just silly. I do think he should have been sent home but if he's there and in the BP, he can and should have been used.
ReplyDeleteA runner left in scoring position? NO WAY.
ReplyDeleteJAGELER WINS ANTI-MURROW AWARD
ReplyDeleteCBS News is reporting Nats' radio broadcaster has won the "Anti-Murrow" award for disengenuous reporting in 2013.
Jageler won his award for his interview with Davey Johnson, in between games of a double-header, after the Nationals had just been humiliated by the pathetic New York Mets.
In the interview, Jageler carefully avoided any questions about the plight of the club, their state of freefall, their absolute lack of fundamentals or concentration, and their "phone it in, play out the string" attitude. Listeners who were unaware of the 11-0 crushing the team had just suffered at the hands of another mediocre pitcher, would've thought Jageler was doing the interview after a routine loss--or even a win.
Congratulations, Dave. Remember, always: never address core issues, and never ask tough questions!
(Edward R. Murrow was an award-winning journalist, known for tough questions and honest reporting.)
As I said no Woodward or Bernstein around here any more.
DeleteRISP 0 for 6 for the day.
ReplyDeleteWish they had a break down of RISP between wins and losses.
We need to get to Harvey... Come on Nats...
ReplyDeleteHarvey was great in that skit.
ReplyDeleteWhat happened i replied to a note and tge note went.
ReplyDeleteNeed one more K here Ross.
ReplyDeleteRunner-up goes to tonight's TV skit between FP and the person referred to as "Wulie Walexandria" after she covered his desk with Mets stickers. Man you talk about sad. We can't even PAY people to pretend they're rooting for the Nats.
ReplyDeleteThanks, and congrats, Wulie.
Less than Vin Scully.
ReplyDeleteLets he glad that stayed in the park.... Lombo should never play OF...
ReplyDeleteThe pitch was right where Buck wanted it. Willie Mays could be playing left and not catch that.
DeleteDamn it Ross you leave the ball up what do you expect.
ReplyDeleteMcCatty not coaching. We never can give up the first run.
Njack how does this story end?
ReplyDeleteDoes it just keeps getting played over and over or does it change and if sp how?
It will only change if the hitters decide to change it.
DeleteRISP Mets 1 for 2. Nats 0 for 2
Anyone know our record when opponent scores first?
ReplyDeleteIt must be weird to be a member of the Lerner family, watching the game on TV, learning your on-field broadcaster--your employee--is actively and vocally rooting for the other team.
ReplyDeleteThere is not ONE communications and media major from Georgetown, GW, Catholic, American, Howard, Maryland or UVA whom they could hire, who has an authentic interest in supporting the Washington Nationals?
Apperently not.
DeleteThey dumped Dibble in a heartbeat, who know if history repeats itself.
Anyone going to the game tomorrow?
ReplyDeleteThat was ball 4...
ReplyDeleteThat popup looked like a rare meatball by Harvey. Zimmerman just got under it.
ReplyDeleteWe miss a lot like that.
DeleteOur opponents dont miss many of our meatballs.
If Mays had been playing in LF he wouldn't have broke in on the ball, and then gone towards CF. Lombo got a horrible jump, then had no chance.
ReplyDeleteLombo pkayed it bad, but it was more a liner.
DeleteThe pitch was more tge problen then tge LF.
Werd hitting approach this homestand.
ReplyDeleteLots of 3-2 counts where we swing at ball 4.
Lots of called 3rd strikes to.
Seems once we get to Two strikes we are damned if we do or damned if we dont.
Re: Storen
ReplyDeleteIt's only fair. I've been getting sick watching him since Game 5.
The president races are really becomibg stupid.
ReplyDeleteAgreed that those ones hit on a line drive are tough to play, MSNF, but he isn't an outfielder.
ReplyDeleteBut a better jump, MnF, and Lombo could possibly be there... He played it all wrong....
ReplyDeleteWe have seen him play OF very adventurously...
Maybe. The pitch was a bigger problem.
DeleteNow, that's an outfielder.
ReplyDeleteRemember WODL thinks Span is not a good CF.
ReplyDeleteWhew.....
ReplyDeleteReuters is reporting (confirmed by MLB Network) that the Washington Nationals asked that the second game of this double-header not be played.
ReplyDeleteWhat? I havent seen that, will have to check MLB network.
DeleteWODL wants Span in left if any where.
ReplyDeleteNo doubt... The pitch was definitely the problem...
ReplyDeleteRoss O has left the last few up.... Bring them back down, Ross....
ReplyDeletedo1teach1 isn't being serious, MNF.
ReplyDeleteI found it. It is true.
DeleteFirst 2 at bats for Werth hits.
ReplyDeleteFirst 2 this afternoin ge left a RISP both times.
It is RISP time 0 for 2 this game 0 for 6 for the day.
ReplyDeleteJayson, doing what he does.
ReplyDeleteDesi, doing what he usually doesn't.
Let's go Nats!
"It's got to be a productive out, unless it's a hit."
ReplyDelete-- Bob Carpenter, July 26, 2013, fifth inning.
My grand daughter already gettingcready for softball. Hope the gane goes long after I die
ReplyDeleteWhatever!
ReplyDeleteLombo who suppose to be a contact man.
ReplyDeleteHow the hell do you make contact on one a foot outside and 6 inches outside?
I'll take runs however we can get it.
ReplyDeleteMurphy was playing kick ball and threw it at Ramos.
ReplyDeleteAgain our best offense is other teams committing errors.
ReplyDeleteTough time to be a Nats fan.
I have my nightly errand (locking my church).
ReplyDeleteYou guys allow no runs while I am gone.)
Wow FP just called Denard Span out. Span stopped running full speed on a play earlier and FP was upset over it. Saying that he hopes Ohlendorf running it out spreads to some other people in the 1B dugout is a shot at Span. Deserved, but still.
ReplyDeleteWell said NatsJack @ 8:33 p.m., well said.
ReplyDeleteMNF,
ReplyDeleteIt appeared to me as if Harvey's pitch started out over the center portion of the plate and ran up and away from Lombo. Given how hard Harvey throws I would guess that the batter has very little time to read that movement.
To end up that far out it was outside to start with, and even stright irt wss high.
DeleteHey, I feel no shame about getting runs on other teams errors. How many unearned runs have we given other teams?
ReplyDeleteDamn, went to let the dog out....
ReplyDeleteHow did we score?
While you're there, MNF, say a prayer for the Nats, to the Patron Saint of Lost Causes.
ReplyDeleteNot kidding, not being irreverant. After all, FP is pinning our hopes for the season on the inspiration provided by journeyman Ross Ohlander running out a ground ball.
Lost cause indeed.
st. Of bad hitters got my prayers.
DeleteWerth single, Desmond walk. Ramos hit a double play ball, Murphy's throw hit Ramos, Werth scored.
ReplyDeleteThanks DP... Whoot-woooo!!!!
ReplyDeleteWhat he failed to tell you Turner made a great play to stsrt with. Murphy had all dsy and hevrushed it.
DeleteThat is not an error.
ReplyDeleteDave said both were errors in his book. Got back in time for Wright's pop up
DeleteI'm sick of Span, but in his defense, he's hit two balls very hard today (one earlier, one in this game) that have been caught.
ReplyDeleteGoodness gracious Span just hit that ball 380 feet to center! Wow. Thanks Mr. Rizzo!
ReplyDeleteRendon runs hard out of the box and he beats him
ReplyDeleteThree hard hit balls in a row off Harvey.
ReplyDeleteOK, not to be such a doom and gloom ranting guy here, but Nats management is about to quit on this 2013 club. They are not going to add anything (Hairston, a quesionable bench bat, was all they had in them). They might even sell a RP, who knows, but they are likely going to finish a distant 3rd. Turn out the lights, the party's over . . . I blame Rizzo. Guy's just not a winning GM.
ReplyDeleteRemember Ross O was another one o those signed by Rizzo.
DeleteTotally off topic here but a friend of mine in Virginia tells me that the Hagerstown Suns might be moving to Fredericksburg, is that true? I use to go to 4 or 5 Suns games a year when I lived in that area and can understand the owners wanting to move from that old stadium.
ReplyDeletePhil Wood said that a few weeks back.
DeleteThat's an error. The first one wasn't.
ReplyDeleteYeah, Span just totally sucks.
ReplyDeleteI really wish we had a version of Span who could hit.
ReplyDeleteHe would be called Willie Mays. No span not that good a fielder, but is very good.
DeleteWhy is nobody up in the bullpen when Ross O is clearly exhausted?
ReplyDeleteWhat a performance. Davey got very lucky that Ohlendorf got out of that though.
ReplyDeleteMunicipal Stadium in Hagerstown goes back to the late 1940's if I remember. I've read that Willie Mays played there at one time, not sure if it was in the minors for the Giants or maybe in the old Negro Leagues as they were called. Use to hang out down the third base line on "Thirsty Thursday's" when draft beers were only a $1.00!
ReplyDeleteRoss O - man of the game...now score some runs!!!
ReplyDeleteHats off to Ross. A great effort.
ReplyDeleteWell said David. Pretty sure Davey's going to say something like "I wanted to give him a chance to get a win".
ReplyDeleteKnoxville Nat
ReplyDeleteyes indeed "say hey" sure did play there!
Now get him in!
ReplyDeleteRoss and Taylor should be 4 and 5 the rest of the way
ReplyDeleteharen can long relief
Desi's in a slump. ALR is in a slump. Those two in a slump = no offense.
ReplyDeleteWerth is doing everything he can though.
Argh. Tough to see Jayson's efforts wasted like that.
ReplyDeleteShhhh MNF. We're not allowed to give Rizzo credit for anything. We have to make some references to his baldness while throwing in petty insults.
ReplyDeleteMNF,
ReplyDeleteRoss O also gives the Nats a better return on their investment than Haren.
Easily.
DeleteOne thing that is for sure, since the Nats fell off the cliff the tone in here is miserable
ReplyDeleteThey reversed the first error on Zimm. Rightfully, IMHO.
ReplyDeleteDesmond's bes at bat tonight is his walk.
ReplyDeleteTo double plays were first swings.
Now they stsrt with a hit can clip get a double play.
Mays was arguably the best outfielder I ever saw.
ReplyDeleteSmart ball time for the Mets?
ReplyDeleteWell Clip matches Harvey.
ReplyDeleteActually I'm finding the tone tonight much better. No WODLmort.
ReplyDeleteAttention, Messrs. Collins and Johnson:
ReplyDeleteIt's called bunting.
You both ought to try it sometime.
No argument from me Seamhead. He and the late Roberto Clemente the best I ever saw.
ReplyDeleteok, if we are tied going into the 9th, please do not bring in Soriano!!!
ReplyDeleteIf nothing changes between now and the end of the year, I would vote Tyler Clippard MVP of the team.
ReplyDeleteTyler Moore has got his average up to .301 at AAA.
ReplyDeleteKnoxville is actually the name of a neighborhood near Hagerstown, right on the the border between Frederick and Washington Counties. The Suns have a great ballpark and a great name but it probably is not amenity friendly. This means that it is great for watching games, but doesn't have playgrounds for children and state of the art speakers for blaring music and no box seats for rich people. I hope the Suns stay. Their park is much better than the Keys'.
ReplyDeleteMNF, agree Clip = MVP no brainer to date.
ReplyDeleteI flicked over to the O's game to check score. We have made more money for Care First with more walks.
ReplyDeleteSpan's obp dipping again. Odds are high that Mr. "I can't run out my GDP's" will be playing elsewhere soon....
ReplyDeleteMNF, 5th inning - Murphy - when Harper "banged" his knee as Carp called it...if you didn't hear it.
ReplyDeleteJust saw it. He ran in that was a nothing play to me.
DeleteThat play, i do remember not what I call a slide, more just a glide at most.
ReplyDeleteTyler Moore probably couldn't do any worse than La Roxhe at this point, but if it is a curveball issue, that isn't going away that quick....
ReplyDelete"Chris Davis fuming after Laz Diaz called him out on pitch outside the strike zone."
ReplyDeleteLol some things don't change.
MNF, agree but with a bum knee it can only aggravate it.
ReplyDeleteRG III had a bum knee, Harper I would say more a sore one.
DeleteWODL,
ReplyDeleteI remember buying a box seat in Hagerstown several times and I am by no means "rich". You are entitled to your opinion but as for me I prefer the Keys stadium in Frederick. And I suspect that a lot of the Suns desire to move is related more to the lack of adequate facilities for the players and coaches in the club house than it is the fans comfort and experience.
0-8 today, but he makes up for it with his glove.
ReplyDeleteYou hate him in CF so it doesnt count.
DeleteHere comes Soriano...
ReplyDeleteSoriano got all the crap out of him yesterday.
ReplyDeleteMaybe Randy Knorr motivated Soriano
ReplyDeleteI don't know the in's and out's of the amenities offered. I just like Hagerstown better, even though Frederick is slightly closer.. People who like going to Frederick, tend not to like Hagerstown, and vice versa. If a person preferred Memorial Stadium, then maybe that person might like Hagerstown. I like ballparks in neighborhoods and I like old things and I hate blaring music and playgrounds at the ballpark. I go to watch baseball, but I realize that I am in the minority these days.
ReplyDeleteI like the old organ music
Deletehorrible location Soriano at 2-1...please find a buyer for him, dude, is lost.
ReplyDeleteTigers.
DeleteHe didnt get ahead of first batter FP
I never said I hated Span in center field. I said that Harper has the potential to be better in center field. If Span had been the final piece of the puzzle, that would be one thing but what a cruel joke. But to be fair, Span has a higher obp than the Mets lead-off guy Lagares, and Lagares is one of the top prospects in all of MLB.
ReplyDeleteYou never said potential you said Harper should be the CF because he was better
DeleteSomething I've noticed about Soriano: he can't command the slider well this year. He's thrown a couple of good ones (a great one struck out McCutchen yesterday), but on the whole he either hangs it or yanks it into the dirt. The slider was always his out pitch. Without it, he's mostly fastball cutter. It's enough to get by, maybe, but it makes it a whole lot harder.
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ReplyDeleteRG III had a bum knee, Harper I would say more a sore one.
MNF, not being argumentative but for a "sore" knee he missed an awful lot of baseball, wasn't it like a month? that is not a sore knee.
Not 7 months either.
DeleteTrust me, Hagerstown has small club houses, players on top of each other before and after a game, inadequate locker rooms, old plumbing. I use to really enjoy going there to see a game but one ownership group after another has tried to get the city to improve or upgrade the facilities with only minimal success.
ReplyDeleteWow Sori... Wow...
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely awful form by Ramos behind the plate on that wild pitch. He never moved his body to get in front of it. Then he tried to stop a 59-foot fastball by plopping his glove on top of it. Result: wild pitch.
ReplyDeleteI've said it before, and I'll say it again: For every run Ramos bats in, he allows one with his glove.
Rizzo on the phone?
ReplyDeleteWas that an intentional walk by Sori to Ike? *not watching the game*
ReplyDeleteJust crappy pitches.
DeleteRamos is not a good defensive catcher, but it's hyperbole to say he gives back every run.
ReplyDeleteWell, the rustbelt starts in Hagerstown, sadly. I will be sad if they don't have the Suns anymore but it seems like Hagerstown has lost its industrial base and it is just a little too far from DC compared to Frederick and Charles Towne to transition....
ReplyDeleteOh Soriano...
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