Someone Help Me
What's it called when the Nats finish a game with more runs than the other team again? There's a word for it, probably a stat, even... anyone?
Baseball's a great game sometimes.
Nats were sending up a rookie against a should-be Hall-of-Famer (he's really one of my favorite pitchers to watch). The Nats were starting the all slap-hitting lineup with FLop, Guzman, Wee Willie Harris, and Wil Nieves. The "big" bats are all in the verrrrry low .200s.
And they won?
Sorta reminds me of last year. Remember Bergmann outdueling Smoltz a few times at about this same time last year [edit: ok, it came mid-May... sue me]? Right when the team looked like it was going to roll over, and float belly-up amidst the raw sewage in the Anacostia?
Zimmerman had the KO punch in the 9th, driving a ball to the wall in right -- to clarify, I'm not against him hitting to the opposite field; the key is doing what he did: hit the bejeesus out of the ball. Earlier, though, he looked foolish, but you can hardly single him out nor blame him considering the opposing pitcher.
That shot, though, was a good start. A sign, perhaps?
We'll find out. Against Santana's changeup tomorrow, he's going to have to knock it back up through the box and, yes, sometimes to the opposite field. Easier said than done though!
Baseball's a great game sometimes.
Nats were sending up a rookie against a should-be Hall-of-Famer (he's really one of my favorite pitchers to watch). The Nats were starting the all slap-hitting lineup with FLop, Guzman, Wee Willie Harris, and Wil Nieves. The "big" bats are all in the verrrrry low .200s.
And they won?
Sorta reminds me of last year. Remember Bergmann outdueling Smoltz a few times at about this same time last year [edit: ok, it came mid-May... sue me]? Right when the team looked like it was going to roll over, and float belly-up amidst the raw sewage in the Anacostia?
Zimmerman had the KO punch in the 9th, driving a ball to the wall in right -- to clarify, I'm not against him hitting to the opposite field; the key is doing what he did: hit the bejeesus out of the ball. Earlier, though, he looked foolish, but you can hardly single him out nor blame him considering the opposing pitcher.
That shot, though, was a good start. A sign, perhaps?
We'll find out. Against Santana's changeup tomorrow, he's going to have to knock it back up through the box and, yes, sometimes to the opposite field. Easier said than done though!
posted by Chris Needham at
10:21 PM
8 Comments:
Glory HalaLouia!
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The Big C from the DC, at 4/22/2008 10:57 PM
And to make it an even better day, another Aussie got called up to the Big Leagues - http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080420&content_id=2560595&vkey=news_phi&fext=.jsp&c_id=phi
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Gus, at 4/22/2008 10:58 PM
God bless John Lannan.
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RJS, at 4/22/2008 11:32 PM
Wow. I missed the game and just about choked when I saw the box. How well Redding and Hill pitch the next 2 days could determine whether we are past the trough.
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Let Teddy win the presidents race., at 4/23/2008 1:47 AM
Don't forget that in the coming, homestand, and the rest of the season's home games, we have a blessing from the Pope on our hands. He blessed the clubhouse, not to mentioned used Manny's office as a dressing room.
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Dave-O, at 4/23/2008 8:21 AM
I found it oddly poetic that of all the Nats bruisers to get a hit off Smoltz, it turned out to be none other than Wee Willie Harris. With a double. And an RBI. And a walk.
The only reason that I tuned in to the game was to hear Smoltz' milestone, so it figures in some bizarre way that things would unfurl that way. We steamroll the better teams and pitchers, and roll over quietly for the doormats.
Go Lannan!
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Bote Man, at 4/23/2008 9:19 AM
In an interview on XM, John Smoltz noted that his success turned the corner about 8 years ago when he learned to throw all his pitches from the same arm slot, so that batters could not detect what pitch was coming their way.
He also mentioned that he pitched through pain that was so intense that he considered quitting the game.
Thoughts to ponder.
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Bote Man, at 4/23/2008 10:15 AM
Bergman beating Smoltz? Hell, that's nothing compared to when Levale Speigner outpitched Johan Santana in Minnesota. now THAT was an oddity.
Here's hopin we make Santana 0-2 tonight.
By
OC Pike, at 4/23/2008 3:57 PM
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