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St. Louis Cardinals
@ Washington Nationals
Thursday, Jul 23, 2009, 7:05 PM EDT
Nationals Park
Adam Wainwright vs Collin Balester
Partly cloudy,rain. Winds blowing in from right field at 5-15 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 80.
?'s For The DC Faithful:
• Three In A Row? No? Really?
• Bally's Back! Bally's Blog?
• Are You Concerned Aboot Mr. Zimmermann's Balky Elbow?
• Will Collin Balester Stick Around?
• What Will DC GM Mike Rizzo Do Before The Deadline?
DC Starting Lineup: (courtesy of Washington Post writer Chico Harlan)...
- Nyjer Morgan - CF
- The Guzzzz - SS
- THE KIDS CALL HIM ZIM!!! - 3B
- The Big Walky - LF
- Nick NICK Johnson JOHNSON - 1B
- The Hammer - RF
- Alberto "The General" Gonzalez - 2B
- The Bard - C
- Collin Balester - RHP Extraordinaire...
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Collin Balester
#40 / Pitcher / Washington Nationals
6-5
195
R
R
Jun 06, 1986
'09 Stats - (w/Triple-A Syracuse) - (7-9, 4.35 ERA), 19 GS, 103.1 IP, 122 H, 55 R, 50 ER, 35 BB, 66 K's.
vs St.Louis - N/A
Origin Story - Montreal Expos' 4th Round pick, 114th overall in 2004.
Adam Wainwright
#50 / Pitcher / St. Louis Cardinals
6-7
230
R
R
Aug 30, 1981
'09 Stats - (10-6, 3.01 ERA), 20 GS, 137.1 IP, 126 H, 51 R, 46 ER, 13 HR's, 51 BB, 123 K's, ERA+ = 138, 1.29 WHIP, 3.3 BB/9, 8.1 K/9, 2.41 K/BB, .243 BAA.
vs DC - (1-1, 2.59 ERA), 5 G, 3 GS, 24.1 IP, 23 H, 7 ER, 2 HR, 5 BB, 21 K's, 1.15 WHIP, .245 BAA.
Origin Story - Atlanta Braves' 1st Round pick, 29th overall in 2000. 12/13/03 - Traded by Braves, with LHP Ray King and RHP Jason Marquis for OF J.D. Drew and C/IF/OF Eli Marrero.
Nationals vs Adam Wainwright...
Ronnie Belliard - 4 for 10, .400 AVG, 1 HR, 2 RBI's.
Adam Dunn - 4 for 12, .333 AVG, 1 HR, 2 RBI's, 5 BB.
Cristian Guzman - 0 for 4, .000 AVG.
Willie Harris - 0 for 8, .000 AVG.
Nick Johnson - 3 for 4, .750 AVG, 1 HR, 2 RBI's.
Austin Kearns - 0 for 10, .000 AVG.
Nyjer Morgan - 5 for 9, .556 AVG, 1 2B.
Josh Willingham - 2 for 7, .286 AVG.
Ryan Zimmerman - 5 for 12, .417 AVG, 3 2B.
Twitter = Wikipedia...
(ed. note - "I trust Twitter posts (tweets?) as sources about as much as I trust wikipedia profiles, meaning I never believe anything without double checking the facts, but ROSCOEtheNATSfan sent this to me and I thought it was at least interesting... From Will Carroll's Twitter account, where the Baseball Prospectus' scribe wrote last night "):
"Hearing that Nats offered GM job to someone and got turned down. Rizzo should have that job already, but if true, sets up weird winter."
I though Rizzo as full-time GM was a certainty, and the "take-it-for-what it's worth" caveat still stands, but this sure is interesting...
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