Game 118: Here comes The Judge!

by Doghouse on Aug 16, 2009 4:32 PM EDT

Yaaaay! Ryan Zimmerman's bloop RBI single allows Josh Willingham to show show heads-up, hard-nosed baserunning that plates that winning tally (+0.257)
Booooo! John Lannan gives up a three-run bomb to put the Nats down by two (-0.375)
Her0(s): Mike MacDougal (+0.280), Wil Nieves (+0.279)
g0at: A struggling "Cool Hand" Lannan (-0.269)

Another great see-saw game. Looked like a pitching duel, then a rout-in-the-making, then a sudden comeback! Awesome! I almost forgot about the blown squeeze play (you gotta take that for the team, Gonzo!).

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W. Nieves Throw???

I saw him catch a foul pop in the 8th……..

It was a great variety game…. Hammer needs to take some dance classes to be a little more graceful..

"He's just a draft pick"... "It's not the end of the world if he doesn't sign"
FB dot com taking the right tone for the Strasburg issue. 8 Aug 09.

by cat daddy3000 on Aug 16, 2009 9:50 PM EDT reply actions

It was a WP that allowed a runner to advanced 2->3.

It happened while Wil was batting, so it’s a little misleading from the graph.

"If somebody hasn't seen me, I try to leave a good impression on their mind, so they come back to enjoy this beautiful game of baseball." --Tony Plush

by Doghouse on Aug 16, 2009 9:56 PM EDT up reply actions

I don't think they even showed that in the condensed game.......and terrible directing on the Hammer play at the plate...

But, it’s all I get to see…

"He's just a draft pick"... "It's not the end of the world if he doesn't sign"
FB dot com taking the right tone for the Strasburg issue. 8 Aug 09.

by cat daddy3000 on Aug 16, 2009 10:48 PM EDT up reply actions

Ugh, just checked the replay on mlb.tv

The home feed’s version of that play is atrocious. If you have MLB.tv, it’s totally worth going to the archived game and checking out the play on the MASN feed. They showed the replay over and over, and it just got awesomer every time.

"If somebody hasn't seen me, I try to leave a good impression on their mind, so they come back to enjoy this beautiful game of baseball." --Tony Plush

by Doghouse on Aug 17, 2009 12:59 PM EDT up reply actions