Something I Never Thought I’d See
I’m not talking about the home run calls – another questionable call that went against the Nats. I’m not talking about how MLB.com said of last night’s game, “Santana do...
Monthly Archives: May 2009
So Long Daniel, Is Nick Next?
On Trading Nick According to everyone everywhere, the Mets are interested in trading for Nick Johnson. They’re not the only team, but with the loss of Delgado and their need to make the playoff...
Fixing the Nats
Tim Kurkjian wrote an article on Friday talking about how the Nats might actually have a future. Funny thing is, I was thinking all last week about ways to improve the team. Seriously, I was. Timmy d...
Friday Roundup (And One More All Star Candidate)
I forgot to mention in yesterday’s plea to notice that there are Nats playing well, here is where you can actually vote for All Stars: http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/events/all_star/y2009/ballot_reg.ht...
Vote Milledge? How ’bout Vote Zimmerman?
As you may have read last week, there are people out there who really want to vote Lastings Milledge in to the All Star game. Regardless of the reason – embarrassing the Nats, thinking it would...
Nats Plan to Draft for Realsies
The draft is coming up, and thanks to ineptitude (finishing in last place and not signing Crow) the Nats are the first team ever to have 2 of the first 10 picks. Alot of people, including those at Ba...
Manny Sees a Reason to Smile
Go ahead, dwell on the bullpen blowup. Talk about the bad defense. I’m over it. It’s happened too many times for it to be news, or even the slightest surprise. This isn’t a playoff ...
The Future Continues Tonight
Jordan Zimmermann hasn’t been pitching well (6.35 ERA), although his peripherals suggest that he has good stuff (K/BB: 2.91/1). But he’s up to take his lumps, figure out how to pitch to m...
Congratulations are in Order
Yesterday was a rough day in the life of a Washington sports fan. May 13th, the Day of DC Sports Disappointment. Zimmerman’s hit streak has ended – which means the next time you’ll ...
Back to the Future (of the Nats Pitching)
This gets revisted often, probably too often. But when you’re the worst pitching staff in the NL, it’s hard not to look down at the farm system to see how people are doing. Also, my asser...