• Who's Watching The Nationals?
• Today's Starting Pitchers Are Going To Stare At You Now:
• Marquis vs Philly:
Ryan Howard - 2 for 10, .200 AVG, 1 RBI, 5 BB, 2 K's.
Raul Ibanez - 1 for 6, .167 AVG, 1 2B, 3 RBI's.
Placido Polanco - 0 for 10, .000 AVG, 2 BB.
Jimmy Rollins - 4 for 34, .118 AVG, 2 RBI's, 4 BB, 5 K's, 2 SB, 2 CS.
Carlos Ruiz - 0 for 2, .000 AVG.
Brian Schneider - 1 for 21, .048 AVG, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 3 K's.
Chase Utley - 8 for 18, .444 AVG, 1 2B, 4 RBI's, 1 BB, 2 K's.
Shane Victorino - 0 for 2, .000 AVG.
Jayson Werth - 6 for 9, .667 AVG, 2 2B, 2 HR's, 2 RBI's.
• Hamels vs The Nats:
Ian Desmond - 0 for 2, .000 AVG.
Adam Dunn - 1 for 12, .083 AVG, 1 2B, 2 BB, 7 K's.
Alberto Gonzalez - 4 for 8, .500 AVG, 1 3B, 1 RBI.
Cristian Guzman - 3 for 12, .250 AVG.
Willie Harris - 0 for 6, .000 AVG, 1 BB, 4 K's.
Adam Kennedy - 0 for 3, .000 AVG.
Jason Marquis - 1 for 3, .333 AVG, 1 RBI.
Mike Morse - 1 for 3, .333 AVG.
Wil Nieves - 2 for 6, .333 AVG, 1 2B, 2 RBI's.
Willy Taveras - 1 for 9, .111 AVG.
Josh Willingham - 5 for 19, .263 AVG, 2 2B, 1 HR, 3 RBI's, 2 BB, 8 K's.
Ryan Zimmerman - 12 for 46, .261 AVG, 2 2B, 2 HR, 2 RBI's, 1 BB, 10 K's.
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• Cole Hamels Facts (and Myths!) - by Whole Camels - from the SB Nation's The Good Phight
"Much maligned after his disappointing 2009 season, all eyes are on Cole Hamels to see if he can regain his spot among the best pitchers in the league."
"Lost in our jaws dropping at the sheer amount of Phillies fans at Washington's opening day was a nuts-and-bolts explanation on how the Nationals could let such an embarrassing invasion occur."
• Washington Post - D.C. Sports Bog - Dan Steinberg - "Nats TV ratings way up for opening day."
"Since there has been plenty of criticism directed at the Nats for the opening day experience, here's one bit of good news. Ratings for the season opener more than tripled from a year ago, from a 0.5 household rating in 2009 to a 1.6 in 2010. You'll recall that the..."
(ed. note - "Since the ratings for the MASN broadcast tripled, that means there are three times as many people who could possibly join in on the GameThread here at Federal Baseball.com? Right? Where are you? If you haven't joined in yet, start tonight, we're more than welcoming, we're downright family friendly, with obscure references that date back to the start of this site...")
• Mr. Wilbon, Are You Cheering For The Nats Or Phillies? Way To Go Nats!!!
• Who's Watching The Nationals?