Game 1: Worst. Opener. Ever.

Post game later tonight, so there’s something to read with no game tomorrow…and so I can got to the Caps game!!!

At least there was no doubt in this one. Last year? Devastating! We had that one in the Curly W column until the bullpen (Saul Rivera in fact) walked two batters and then gave up two HRs in the late innings. So, I will conclude that last season’s loss was worst.

Oh well, Marquis is up tomorrow

Nationals lose and Cubs lose. Well, on the bright side, there’s 161 more games! Let’s get some wins!

I’m not too confident in Marquis or Mock holding up well. Lannan should pull it together over the course of the season. Stammen has looked good this spring and last half of 2009. Livan is Livan, good some days, bad on others. This is a patchwork rotation until June when we could have Strasburg and Wang in the rotation. And then maybe Jordan Zimm. by September.

Though it was a bad on. Marquis will lace ’em up Wednesday and throw a gem.

Nats, beat those Phils!

I can’t stand having to go to “way South Philadelphia” to watch Nats Home games.

Plus I lost my phone…grrr….

Easily worst opener ever.

A beautiful day @ Nats ballpark spoiled by pitching that fell apart in the 4th and further spoiled by the roaches that permeated the park. No, not literal roaches, I speak of the Philly Phaithful. Good lord! Was it a Phillies home opener or a Nats home opener?

Phillies jerseys and t-shirts were everywhere. Chants such as: “Let’s go Phillies” and “This is our house!” were a constant. It was like going to an Orioles / Red Sox game @ Camden yards. The Red Sox own the place.

Why was it that the section I was in had the most raucous Phillies fans and also the section in which the Phillies fans refused to sit down in? I looked across the vast expanse of complimentary red, curly W ball caps to see every section behaving w/the exception of ours. In case you’re wondering, our section was dedicated to Halladay because upwards of 75 to 100 people were wearing shirts that had the following printed on the back: "Every fifth day is a “Halladay” Go Phils."

To me, the only bright spot was the sheer effort and speed of Nyjer Morgan. The guy is simply electric. I almost re-gifted my Ben’s 1/2 smoked watching the lumbering Adam Dunn cover first base and swinging blindly @ almost every pitch. He was already throwing his bat after his second at bat in frustration after a swinging strikeout (if I’m not mistaken).

I won’t get too down after the 1st game, but I don’t know how much blind faith I can muster for too long.

There was one other improvement. It appeared as if the concessions lines moved faster.

P.S. What on earth was going on w/cell phone coverage? My iPhone (AT&T) had four bars and the 3G symbol, but I couldn’t make a call, pull data via the net, or send/receive emails/texts. Can anyone explain that? Other people seemed to be having no problems.

and little RP

Our hitting is hot and cold and far from consistent

but he did OK over the season as a whole. He should be alright as long as he’s not injured. He just seems to be a slow starter. It takes a couple starts in the regular season for him to find his groove.