» Nats finishing strong

fabe · Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2011 8:50 am Post subject: Nats finishing strong

Yesterday the Nationals got a 6-4 win over Florida to grab 3rd place in the NL East. They're the first team from DC to finish as high as third since 1945. Michael Morse capped off the win with a three-run homer in the 9th. The hit boosted Morse's average to .303 and was his 30th homerun of the season.

welch · Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2011 3:48 pm Post subject: Re: Nats finishing strong

fabe · Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2011 5:27 pm Post subject: Re: Nats finishing strong

welch · Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2011 7:46 am Post subject:

Bernadina got sent to AAA for a while.

It looks like he's a talented hitter, though not great, and an acrobatic fiewlder who makes too many rolling and diving catches that ought to be routine plays.

I saw Werth play CF one day game, while sitting up in the 300 / 400 level. You miss things lower down, and at night games, because the ball vanaishes in the lights.

Werth is a classy fielder...makes all the right moves, circles the ball just like my old "how to play baseball" textbook said.

They need a hitter. Espinosa / Desmond = one player, but they can;t afford both unless boith begin to hit like Jeter and Cano.

In fact, that's the measure of the distance the Nats have to travel: when 2B/SS hit more like Jeter and Cano, the team will be really good.

(Eye-popping stat: Espinosa K'ed about 160 times last season; Desmond 140. Cano and Jeter, "old, broken-down" Derek Jeter, each struck-out about 100 times.)

flamethrower · Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2011 10:51 am Post subject:

As a long suffering Rangers fan. I can feel what you are going thru. Even thou the last 2 season didn't end the way I wanted them to. I remember when I was just hoping to smell a playoff game. Keep the faith.

welch · Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2011 6:58 pm Post subject:

Countertrey · Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2011 8:16 pm Post subject:

Memory.

Introductions:
Batting 9... Catcher... Paul... CasanOOOOOva...

welch · Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2011 8:02 pm Post subject:

Ah, but I remember a muggy night in July or August, with Pascual taking a no-hitter into the 8th, when Bob Allison hit a line-drive 2/3 of the way up the left field bleachers. What a sound! And the straight-line that didn't start dropping until the ball had cleared the fence, oh, about 400 feet out in left-center. That and the cigar smoke...a blue haze around the lower grand-stand from all the cigars.

flamethrower · Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2011 9:19 pm Post subject:

Just a little bit before my time. But, I bet RFK was a great place to watch Baseball in. Just too damn bad the Senators had to move twice. I hate the fact that my favorite NHL, and MLB teams were originally someone other than my areas.

Countertrey · Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2011 8:12 am Post subject:

Countertrey · Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2011 8:15 am Post subject:

RFK was a far better baseball stadium than a football stadium...

But, had it been otherwise, there would have never been that iconic video of the fans in the metal endzone stands bouncing to the sound of "We Want DALLAS! We Want DALLAS!"

welch · Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2011 5:35 pm Post subject:

I think RFK/DC Stadium was the best of the modern dual-purpose stadiums. Compare to Oakland or the defunct Cincinatti and Philadelphia places. Or Shea, come to think of it.

Even a good soccer stadium...the fans bouncing in the metal roll-in seats, mid-field or left-center depending on your point of view. I admire the DC United fans who never sit down...

Somewhere, Clark Griffith is playing cards, saying to Bucky Harris, "This Strassburg kid isn't Mr. Walter Johnson, but he'll do", and Harris has said that Bryce Harper is going to hit like Sam Rice and Goose Goslin put together.

Getting closer and closer.