Game 124: Happy Nationals' Blogger Day (2)

by Doghouse on Aug 23, 2009 4:46 PM EDT

Yaaaay! Ronnie Belliard's two-out, two-RBI single in the first tacks on early (+0.136)
Great jorb! Ryan Zimmerman (+0.143), Belli-YARD (+0.137), and Craig Stammen (+0.120) all made fine contributions.

After so many exciting losses, it was nice to be ahead (almost comfortably ahead) for a whole game. We even got treated to a successful suicide squeeze (Nyjer Morgan is everyone's hero) and an event even rarer than a Cristian Guzman walk--a Guzie dinger! Adam Dunn padded his stats a little, too, on the march to his 6th-straight 40-HR season.

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Now that's a good Fangraph!!!

It was definitely a Tony Plush game today.

I'm a great believer in luck and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it. -
Thomas Jefferson

by MissB on Aug 23, 2009 4:55 PM EDT reply actions

Guzman, too......... CBS originally gave the Players of the Game to Zim and Dunn(!!!)......but now changed to Stammen

"He's just a draft pick"...

by cat daddy3000 on Aug 23, 2009 5:11 PM EDT up reply actions

A win!

Horay!

Padilla walked into the Nats' clubhouse for the first time and said, "My God. I'm in heaven."

by Mezza on Aug 23, 2009 8:10 PM EDT up reply actions

Word just in that Burnett took a ball off of the tip of his thumb making the last out...

…day-to-day at this point.

"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 23, 2009 5:04 PM EDT reply actions

September callups can't come quickly enough....

"He's just a draft pick"...

by cat daddy3000 on Aug 23, 2009 5:15 PM EDT up reply actions

Ray Knight made an interesting post-game comment about Morse...

(Not a pitcher, I know, but…)
Apparently, Riggles knew him from Seattle and really liked him there…said Morse was the best utility man he’d ever seen. So we should see more Morse.

Who would they callup who could HELP?

I'm a great believer in luck and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it. -
Thomas Jefferson

by MissB on Aug 23, 2009 5:20 PM EDT up reply actions

There's no one to help, like in win........but several someones need to eat innings

I know it was between two Satans, but Eric Bruntlett turned the 15th unassisted triple play in major league history — and the second that ended a game. Bruntlett’s triple play preserved a win for Pedro Martinez in his return to New York ………

http://washington.nationals.mlb.com/media/video.jsp?content_id=6256159

"He's just a draft pick"...

by cat daddy3000 on Aug 23, 2009 5:31 PM EDT up reply actions

FYI

http://firejimbowden.blogspot.com/2009/08/strasburg-roundtable.html

by RoscoeNats on Aug 23, 2009 7:08 PM EDT reply actions

Hey, if anyone's out there...

? – I’m just digging in with the post game, Do you guys want:

1) RIggleman Interview.
2) Willingham/Mock/Balester
3) Mark Scialabba
4) Kasten/RIzzo Interview

Vivian Jaffe: "Have you ever transcended space and time?"
Albert Markovski: "Yes. No. Uh, time, not space... No, I don't know what you're talking about."

by Patrick Reddington on Aug 23, 2009 7:24 PM EDT reply actions

Want first, of course, will probably only have one chance to do one tonight...

Vivian Jaffe: "Have you ever transcended space and time?"
Albert Markovski: "Yes. No. Uh, time, not space... No, I don't know what you're talking about."

by Patrick Reddington on Aug 23, 2009 7:25 PM EDT up reply actions

And sorry again...

Mark Scialabba – MInor League News.

Vivian Jaffe: "Have you ever transcended space and time?"
Albert Markovski: "Yes. No. Uh, time, not space... No, I don't know what you're talking about."

by Patrick Reddington on Aug 23, 2009 7:27 PM EDT up reply actions

The players only if they said something new that we haven’t already heard.

Otherwise, Rizzo/Kasten

by RoscoeNats on Aug 23, 2009 7:52 PM EDT up reply actions

Players......... can't imagine the others saying anything new...

"He's just a draft pick"...

by cat daddy3000 on Aug 23, 2009 7:56 PM EDT up reply actions

I was just saying that the players spout the same jazz most of the time...but they're normally being interviewed by Debbi...Ed's a journalist.

by RoscoeNats on Aug 23, 2009 8:01 PM EDT up reply actions

Man, never miss the opportunity, do ya?............Poor Debbi...

Sitting down is different than sideline anyway….and I’ve read enough out of the FO and Riggs to last ’til next year….

"He's just a draft pick"...

by cat daddy3000 on Aug 23, 2009 8:06 PM EDT up reply actions

The Players win!!! YEah!!!! Sorry for threadjacking Mr. House...

Vivian Jaffe: "Have you ever transcended space and time?"
Albert Markovski: "Yes. No. Uh, time, not space... No, I don't know what you're talking about."

by Patrick Reddington on Aug 23, 2009 7:58 PM EDT up reply actions

"Yaaaay! Ronnie Belliard's two-out, two-RBI single in the first tacks on early (+0.136)" -Doghouse

Nice piece of hitting from Ronnie B.

Ladson Inbox: “As for Belliard, I would not be surprised if he was traded before the month was over. If the Nationals can’t get the second baseman that they need this offseason, I would not mind seeing Belliard as the regular second baseman.”

"He's just a draft pick"...

by cat daddy3000 on Aug 23, 2009 8:12 PM EDT up reply actions

Threadjacking? Please.

I sort of figure the charts are a place for random post-game discussion—they’re fun, but it’s not like there’s a bunch of critical content that we have to focus the comments onto…

"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 23, 2009 9:53 PM EDT up reply actions

True........ fills in until the Lord of the Blog deems us worthy with a post gamer....

"He's just a draft pick"...

by cat daddy3000 on Aug 23, 2009 10:00 PM EDT up reply actions

More like until I edit my meandering ramblings into something readable...

Vivian Jaffe: "Have you ever transcended space and time?"
Albert Markovski: "Yes. No. Uh, time, not space... No, I don't know what you're talking about."

by Patrick Reddington on Aug 23, 2009 10:02 PM EDT up reply actions