BREAK UP THE F-ING NATIONALS

holy fuck that sounds atrocious.

at least you got rid of lackey years ago.  my first love (the sox) has had to deal with that shit bag for the past three.

Espinosa's off to a great start tonight. Guess it's good you guys don't manage the Nats.

Missed the game last night, thought they were going to get thumped, chose Xbox and the Caps game on delay. Got the notice on my phone at the end of the game saying 8-1 but it took me a minute to realize it was the Nats that won. Hope they can keep the bats alive tonight!

I've thought for a long time that Davey Johnson is one of the game's best managers…that doesn't mean his teams are going to win all the time or that he won't make mistakes…

I'd like to see him keep the job as long as he wants it…my guess is it ain't going to be too long anyways….

James wrote:
Espinosa's off to a great start tonight. Guess it's good you guys don't manage the Nats.

meh - i still stand by my position. you don't fuck with your top prospects head.  

hutch wrote:
I'd like to see him keep the job as long as he wants it…my guess is it ain't going to be too long anyways….

he has already announced his retirement after this season.

stevewizzle wrote:

James wrote:
Espinosa's off to a great start tonight. Guess it's good you guys don't manage the Nats.

meh - i still stand by my position. you don't fuck with your top prospects head.  

They brought him up because Zim is out…

maybe i'm overreacting.

i just dont like the idea of sitting prospects.  you send him back down a few weeks later, after a failed major league experience where your manager sat you in favor a utility man who could have easily subbed in for the struggling 2b. 

it's not his time, yeah, but if you don't plan on playing him every day, dont bring him up. 

I'll take it that Davey saw something else, last year he played a couple people through long slumps. There has to be something that just isn't coming up to us.

Watching O's/M's I noticed that Morse is still using 'Take on Me' as his song in Seattle.

He said last year he was taking it with him. They still play it at Nats games during the 7th inning stretch.

zimmermann, nats ace.

stevewizzle wrote:
zimmermann, nats ace.

The guy is so lights out right now it's not even funny

chaz wrote:

stevewizzle wrote:
zimmermann, nats ace.

The guy is so lights out right now it's not even funny

He is a monster. He was a monster last year but didn't get the run support. Hopefully Haren rights his ship tonight. The offense is still completely anemic.

so what is up with laroche?

Going to see the Nats play at PNC this Saturday!  Wearing my O's hat, but I'll be cheering for the Nats…

hutch wrote:
so what is up with laroche?

it seems like half the team stopped taking PEDs.

but seriously, i don't know. he's never been a career clean-up hitter, last year was a bit of an anomaly.  but something definitely seems strange.

In his career (750+ at bats), LaRoche is a .212/.305/.389 hitter in April. (And only slightly better in May.) Last year was the year to ask "what's going on?" not this year.

Even still, dude is ice cold.

D Span, Bam Bam and Desi can't do everything…