BREAK UP THE F-ING NATIONALS

vansmack wrote:

chaz wrote:
That's a clown statement, bro.

Great line.  He's gonna get the credit for it, but Nat's PR did a wonderful job with that question - perfectly executed.

Bryce Harper applies for ?clown question? trademark, Under Armour cashes in

I hope the PR guy that actually said it first gets his money too.

When the late Edward Bennett Williams, former president of the Redskins, became owner of the Orioles, he was shocked that his busy life of law, politics and power brokering was deeply unsettled by the fluctuations of baseball team. ?We play every day,? he said, ?and I can?t stop watching.?

Fans take a different kind of ownership in a contending baseball team. But they seldom know its full impact until they?re caught up in it.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/nationals/for-washington-nationals-and-their-fans-the-dog-days-are-over/2012/06/21/gJQAME6stV_story.html

This looks like Boz's unused scraps from his Ken Burns Baseball interviews

Actually read that earlier, thought it was funny when he talked to Davey about returning to Baltimore. Hope we smash their peckers off this weekend.

So far not so good for the Nots. If they were in AL East, they'd be a 4h place team.

DeathFromAbove1979 wrote:
Actually read that earlier, thought it was funny when he talked to Davey about returning to Baltimore. Hope we smash their peckers off this weekend.

Ifs and Buts, still first place in the division that matters to the Nats… hopefully they can bounce back against the Rockies especially with the top of the rotation coming up. Super disappointed with the loss yesterday, Sean Burnett is usually so clutch in the hold spot.

jeffml wrote:
So far not so good for the Nots. If they were in AL East, they'd be a 4h place team.

DeathFromAbove1979 wrote:
Actually read that earlier, thought it was funny when he talked to Davey about returning to Baltimore. Hope we smash their peckers off this weekend.

pretty much the whole league would be a 4th place team in the AL east.

also - the sky isn't falling y'all.  we dropped 2/3 to balti, and got swept by the yankees, and were competitive in every loss. 

relief pitchers sometimes blow leads.  we've been spoiled by the 'pen so far.

there's still plenty of ball left to play.  look for zim to bounce back post all-star game, morse to come on strong soon, and our starting pitchers to continue to dominate.  and we'll lose a series here and there, but this team is not going to go far from the top of the division anytime soon.

problem is Nats can't win the big games..something wrong with the makeup of this team. doesn't bode well.. every time they are on national tv or play a big a game they seem to lose

hutch wrote:
problem is Nats can't win the big games..something wrong with the makeup of this team. doesn't bode well.. every time they are on national tv or play a big a game they seem to lose

Wasn't Saturday's game on national TV?

It was on Fox

?Clown question, bro? takes off, with a T-shirt, a beer and a trademark
http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2012/06/25/clown-question-bro-takes-off-with-a-t-shirt-a-beer-and-a-trademark/

interesting that they filed this under "religion", and not marketing…

sweetcell wrote:
?Clown question, bro? takes off, with a T-shirt, a beer and a trademark
http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2012/06/25/clown-question-bro-takes-off-with-a-t-shirt-a-beer-and-a-trademark/

interesting that they filed this under "religion", and not marketing…

See post #80 in this thread.

hutch wrote:
problem is Nats can't win the big games..something wrong with the makeup of this team. doesn't bode well.. every time they are on national tv or play a big a game they seem to lose

something wrong with the makeup? this group has been playing together for all of three months…

big games are played in september.  and with all the 1-run wins, and extra innings wins, your statement is completely baseless.

i know the subject suggests to break up the f-ing nationals, but you can't be serious.

Nigel wrote:
Wasn't Saturday's game on national TV?

Do not confuse hutch with the facts.

DeathFromAbove1979 wrote:
It was on Fox

So not a big audience ;)

http://www.the506.com/temp11.html

stevewizzle wrote:

hutch wrote:
problem is Nats can't win the big games..something wrong with the makeup of this team. doesn't bode well.. every time they are on national tv or play a big a game they seem to lose

something wrong with the makeup? this group has been playing together for all of three months…

big games are played in september.  and with all the 1-run wins, and extra innings wins, your statement is completely baseless.

i know the subject suggests to break up the f-ing nationals, but you can't be serious.

I think they are missing some leadership

vansmack wrote:

Nigel wrote:
Wasn't Saturday's game on national TV?

Do not confuse hutch with the facts.

DeathFromAbove1979 wrote:
It was on Fox

So not a big audience ;)

http://www.the506.com/temp11.html

ok true it was on FOx .. but i think overall they have not performed well on TV (national) or in teh marquee serie vs Yankees, O's..

vansmack wrote:

sweetcell wrote:
‘Clown question, bro’ takes off, with a T-shirt, a beer and a trademark
http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2012/06/25/clown-question-bro-takes-off-with-a-t-shirt-a-beer-and-a-trademark/

interesting that they filed this under "religion", and not marketing…

See post #80 in this thread.

this one has the beer tie-in, which is the only thing that got my attention.

hutch wrote:

stevewizzle wrote:

hutch wrote:
problem is Nats can't win the big games..something wrong with the makeup of this team. doesn't bode well.. every time they are on national tv or play a big a game they seem to lose

something wrong with the makeup? this group has been playing together for all of three months…

big games are played in september.  and with all the 1-run wins, and extra innings wins, your statement is completely baseless.

i know the subject suggests to break up the f-ing nationals, but you can't be serious.

I think they are missing some leadership

THAT has a base.  they are young, Zim doesn't seem to have a veteran presence yet (still relatively young…), and Werth didn't seem to bring that out when he was around.  if they made one mid-season move, it might be to add a guy with that type of presence.

the rumor on Davey is that he lacked leadership when it counted in the past, would break down over losses, act like the world was ending. would explain why he was cut loose so many times after turning teams around. will be interesting to see how he handles the pressure come september.

So, we're getting another Bruce Boudreau? I can't handle that.

vansmack wrote:
And I'm just going to say this because I know none of you stay up late enough to see it for yourselves:

Mike Trout>Bryce Harper

I'm referring to all 5 tools, plus he's better looking and has better hair.

I rest my case.  I hope you all watched that first hand tonight.