Nationals Daily Evolutions 12/21/10
by David Huzzard on Dec 21, 2010 11:01 AM EST
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"Still wouldst thou sing, and I have ears in vain-
To thy high requiem become a sod." John Keats "Ode to a Nightingale"
Lying on his death bed and listening to the sweet song of a nightingale outside his window Keats penned this poem about many things. The longing for the suffering to end and a reflection on his own life. The unreachable dream and success through failure was a reoccurring theme in Romantic literature. To the baseball world Joe Posnanski is the nightingale that we can never hope to write as wonderfully as. I may be starting off with this but I implore you to save it until last. Nothing you read today about baseball will be as wonderful as Posnanski's take on Jose Canseco. --Joe Posnanski at si.com
Yesterday the Nationals made a few minor signings the most major of those was signing Rick Ankiel to fill the role Willie Harris had last year. If Ankiel ends up as anything more it won't be a good sign for how the youth is progressing. --Dave Nichols at natsnewsnetwork.com
Longtime Cardinals fan and deadspin founder Will Leitch let's us know exactly how we will feel about Rick Ankiel. Funny thing is I talked to my friend who is a Braves fan and he said the exact same thing, but only in different words. --Will Leitch at misterirrelevant.com
In much more important news, Stephen Strasburg is progessing right on schedule and will begin a throwing program in January. He is even strengthening his shoulder so that he doesn't end up injuring that while trying to come back from elbow surgery. --Mark Zuckerman from natsinsider.com
Moving forward the Nationals have something that many clubs wish they had, payroll flexibility. Of course having it and using it are two different things, but in Rizzo we trust. --Dave Sheinin from washingtonpost.com
Now why is payroll flexibility such an issue? Case study: The Tampa Bay Rays. --Tracy Ringolsby from foxsports.com
As for that flexibility disapearing as Werth gets older and more expensive. That might not be the case. --Matthew Coller from bizofbaseball.com
With the signing of Ankiel, Wang, and Matheus the current 40 man sits at 43. Who stays? Who goes? Or is a trade in the works? --Mac at section409.com
Adam LaRoche continues to sit on the three year deal from the Orioles. --Jen Royale from masnsports.com
The Dodgers would like a right handed power hitter and the Nationals need a left handed first baseman. Is there a trade to be made? Also how do we know that Michael Morse doesn't suffer from Ryan Church syndrome? --mikesciosciastragicillness.com
Desmond had a very high error total last season, but did look like he was improving in the second half of the season. Let's just hope his ceiling is higher than Yuni Betancourt. --Pete Kerzel at masnsports.com
Who did the Nationals have on the table for Zack Greinke? Some but not all of Zimmermann, Espinosa, Storen, Norris, and Perez. --Ken Rosenthal from foxsports.com
Hall of Fame election is coming up and Jon Heyman tells us why he didn't vote for Bert Blyleven. --Jon Heyman at si.com
Derek Norris looks like he could be a special player. If there is a player I am second most excited about from the minors it would be him. I think the first is obvious, but for SEO sake it is Bryce Harper. --Byron Kerr at masnsports.com
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It's interesting
I heard the Knorr interview and felt it was more negative assessment of where he is as a catcher. oh well.
by The Herndon Kid on Dec 21, 2010 11:51 AM EST via mobile reply actions
Ankiel
Mr. Leitch writes a funny piece.
Problem for the Nats is that their current center fielder already give them steps 2,3 and 4. Unfortunately he doesn’t have a step 5 to go with along with them.
Dave at NatsNewsNetworks rightly points out that signing Ankiel might be a sign of trouble. What? We needed a sign to know that the Nats have outfield problems?
At least Heyman has Larkin near the top of his ballot
I am temporarily saved from flying into a fit of rage.
Aim for the head baby Jesus
Joe Posnanski
Nice piece by Posnanski. Thanks for the tip David. While reading it I had the same sort of eerie feeling I had when reading Cormac McCarthy’s “The Road”. Canseco’s story isn’t over, but one get’s the feeling it’s going to end in a similar manner as McCarthy’s tale.
I hesitate to do this, but since you started it (with Keats), and it seems like a slow day, why not?
Once there were brook trout in the streams in the mountains. You could see them standing in the amber current where the white edges of their fins wimpled softly in the flow. They smelled of moss in your hand. Polished and muscular and torsional. On their backs were vermiculate patterns that were maps of the world in its becoming. Maps and mazes. Of a thing which could not be put back. Note be made right again. In the deep glens where they lived all things were older than man and they hummed of mystery.
Cormac McCarthy, “The Road”
If Keats and scifi are your cup of tea, I recommend the Hyperion series by Dan Simmons
May the way of the hero lead to the Triforce
I plan to read them if I ever get my hands on them. I’ll have to doublecheck my roommate’s library of Hugo winners just in case there’s any Simmons in there.
Go Nats!
I thought this was a baseball blog?
Your voice of doom and gloom. Read more at natsnewsnetwork.blogspot.com
by Dave at District Sports Page on Dec 21, 2010 3:27 PM EST reply actions
Tangentially.
It’s about “Nationals’ baseball”.
Rob
"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring." -- Rogers Hornsby
(whatever that means)
Rob
"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring." -- Rogers Hornsby
Actually, if you read the masthead, it's a Washington Nationals Support Group
So we find any way we can manage to get through the days with our curly W’s intact :-)
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