tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post2312128090915473604..comments2024-02-15T05:42:18.307-05:00Comments on Nats Insider: Nats vs. Tigers - 3/14/11Mark Zuckermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13525315258889435961noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-61118493261021957482011-03-15T09:57:04.360-04:002011-03-15T09:57:04.360-04:00The most remarkable thing about Marquis this Sprin...The most remarkable thing about Marquis this Spring is his low pitch count -- had to do 20 in the bullpen after being removed to "stretch out." During his comeback last year he reached 100 by the fifth inning. Command is everything. <br /><br />However, this is not his history (career 3.7 BB/9 innings). Has there been any talk about anything he is doing differently to make us think this is a "new" Marquis? Or is it "just Spring Training?"Theophilusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-49614040495623987312011-03-15T09:22:00.722-04:002011-03-15T09:22:00.722-04:00http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/New-culture-Was...http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/New-culture-Washington-Nationals-should-be-much-improved-031110<br /><br />Good Rosenthal article all about the NEW Nats. When Rizzo talks about the culture change I just don't see Nyjer fitting in to the future in DC.<br /><br />When you read the scout comments on CF, you get a sense they are strictly talking ability and you would think scouts are unbiased.Mark'dnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-10214193195317886592011-03-15T08:39:42.811-04:002011-03-15T08:39:42.811-04:00Rabbit said...
I went to CSN to click on Mark Z...<i>Rabbit said...<br />I went to CSN to click on Mark Z's name and his name wasn't there. It is like he doesn't exist anymore. We used to get updates often. No they are few and far between. Where are you Mark???</i><br /><br />http://www.csnwashington.com/pages/zuckerman<br /><br />Not sure where on the CSN site you're looking, but my homepage is still there and I've got several articles up from the last week.<br /><br />I do, however, return to Florida Sunday night and will be down there through the rest of camp. So the frequency of articles on both CSN and here will pick up considerably.Mark Zuckermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13525315258889435961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-27326293263023422672011-03-15T08:16:58.073-04:002011-03-15T08:16:58.073-04:00Went down to the ballpark yesterday afternoon to p...Went down to the ballpark yesterday afternoon to pick up my season tickets, and while I was there I popped into the team store. Looks like they're fully stocked up now for the new season. Lots of individual player jerseys and T-shirts on display. Zimmerman. Werth. Strasburg. Harper. Hernandez. Desmond. Clippard. Ramos. Espinosa. Bernadina. A couple of names that were on prominent display this time last year were conspicuously missing, though. Wang, but we all know why that is. Once bitten, twice shy. The other one? Nyjer Morgan. Nowhere to be seen. Are the team store folks perhaps ahead of the curve here?Feel Woodnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-24572078922900778222011-03-15T07:49:49.151-04:002011-03-15T07:49:49.151-04:00Got my partial season tickets yesterday and can...Got my partial season tickets yesterday and can't wait for the season to start. By the way, outside of a big picture of Werth on the opening day ticket, there are only four different Nats pictured on tickets this year: Zimmerman, Desmond, Storen, and Clippard. Either somebody got lazy, or got the word that everyone else might be cut or traded. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-76728049225270843572011-03-15T07:34:08.686-04:002011-03-15T07:34:08.686-04:00I went to CSN to click on Mark Z's name and hi...I went to CSN to click on Mark Z's name and his name wasn't there. It is like he doesn't exist anymore. We used to get updates often. No they are few and far between. Where are you Mark???Rabbitnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-52861822242655999602011-03-14T23:01:41.441-04:002011-03-14T23:01:41.441-04:00He (Harper) needs to stop thinking of them as his ...He (Harper) needs to stop thinking of them as his beloved Yankees.DL in VAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-70732879059063231412011-03-14T22:41:33.129-04:002011-03-14T22:41:33.129-04:00I think you read WAY too much into that at-bat and...I think you read WAY too much into that at-bat and the ensuing demotion. The Nats didn't just decide after the game to send Harper down. It was their plan all along. And it's not like he was the only one cut after Saturday's game. They had planned to trim the roster by several players.<br /><br />Personally, I think the Nats wanted to let Harper face his beloved Yankees one more time before making the move. I really don't believe there was much more to the timing of the decision than that.Mark Zuckermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13525315258889435961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-55725664789804806952011-03-14T22:03:56.356-04:002011-03-14T22:03:56.356-04:00Mark, I believe you were not in Florida last weeke...Mark, I believe you were not in Florida last weekend but I have a question about the 9th inning Harper sequence versus Yankees...Hypothesis: man on 2nd, one out, Harper looks STUPID on two curveball swings...he says something or responds to the catcher talking some smack...he says something like...hey bring that uncle charlie one more time...pitcher ticked off at the punk kid yippin' and ignores (what should have been another curveball call for an easy K) and plunks Harper....after all, that puts him on 1st setting up a DP or at least a force...then the roof caves in and NATIONALS WIN...Riggleman sees it and decides this is the opportune time to say "good camp...but you see what just happenend...Hagerstown here you come..." the dynamics when he was hit looked a bit weird and the timing of the send down seemed odd. Comment?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-37456833853991838192011-03-14T19:47:32.724-04:002011-03-14T19:47:32.724-04:00MARK Z., PLEASE COME HOME.
BOO HISS, I HATE C.S.N...MARK Z., PLEASE COME HOME.<br /><br />BOO HISS, I HATE C.S.N.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-71919886773920816042011-03-14T19:46:42.432-04:002011-03-14T19:46:42.432-04:00Hopefully he starts strong or all the Philty fans ...Hopefully he starts strong or all the Philty fans will start running their mouths.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-68010927575141902972011-03-14T18:45:17.242-04:002011-03-14T18:45:17.242-04:00>>>He's going to have planty of 0 for...>>>He's going to have planty of 0 for 4 days spring training...<<<<br /><br />He's certainly had his share of 0-fer days this spring, that's true.<br /><br />The one-pitch out with runners on first and third, was a nice added touch today, though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-29522488964865858182011-03-14T18:04:01.403-04:002011-03-14T18:04:01.403-04:00That's absurd...He's going to have planty ...That's absurd...He's going to have planty of 0 for 4 days spring training, regular season and post season. Ted Williams did as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-13240736971228102852011-03-14T17:19:08.366-04:002011-03-14T17:19:08.366-04:00Jayson Werth is starting to resemble Albert Haynes...Jayson Werth is starting to resemble Albert Haynesworth. :-(<br /><br />Well, not really but he was really bad at the plate today. A player of his alleged stature shouldn't go 0-4 against spring training pitching.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-61597938436307454392011-03-14T17:17:38.799-04:002011-03-14T17:17:38.799-04:00Keep Marquis. But perhaps Werth might want to get...Keep Marquis. But perhaps Werth might want to get his stroke down at Syracuse to open the season.The Jokernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-61362994924768040522011-03-14T16:43:47.840-04:002011-03-14T16:43:47.840-04:00Don't think we're "throwing in the to...Don't think we're "throwing in the towel" just yet. It's very normal for a team with a veteran in the last year of his contract to be traded before/at the trading deadline for two or three propsects.<br /><br />The Nats traded Livan to Arizona in the last year of his contract in 2006 for Matt Chico & Garrett Mock (I still think Chico will become Lannan-esque in a major league rotation if ever given another chance).<br /><br />When you (likely) have Ross Detwiler & Yunesky Maya waiting in Syracuse, Marquis becomes far more valuable as a piece to trade.<br /><br />FaridAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-26661797366898231662011-03-14T16:38:26.539-04:002011-03-14T16:38:26.539-04:00Mark...
Aren't we giving up on the season alr...Mark...<br /><br />Aren't we giving up on the season already if we talk of trading Marquis? I'm not ready to throw in the towel just yet. I can see trying to make room for Det and Maya, but I'm not sure either are fully ready. Are you?Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01179264557056912312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-38575253072925346742011-03-14T15:26:38.307-04:002011-03-14T15:26:38.307-04:00Nice little article about Harper today.
http://ml...Nice little article about Harper today.<br /><br />http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110313&content_id=16932636&vkey=perspectives&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlbDiznoreply@blogger.com