The Nats Thread

One of the guys I get my Angels tickets from when I'm in Anaheim replaces the water in 2 water bottles in his daughters backpack with vodka, and has her carry them in with her crayons and coloring books, and then he'd buy soda's and juices for her and make mixers for himself all game long.

Not the classiest guy I've ever met, but a good dude nonetheless.

Quite the baseball game yesterday. I started listening during the bottom of the 1st. Made it home by the 4th. Thought the game might have gotten out of hand early. SUPER awesome come back. Huge innings. Good seeing just about everyone in the line up hitting. Jose Lobaton on base 4 times with 3 hits? That's crazy! He deserves his next day off lol. Hopefully we can extend this 12 of 13 streak as we head to that shit hole Philadelphia.

stevewizzle wrote:

vansmack wrote:

gaaaaaaaaah wrote:
i generally think his attitude reputation is overhyped, but there's no defending him here. dumb dumb dumb.

I don't think the Nats have anything to worry about.

hahahaha.

oh man.

there's also the possibility that denard is the real bum in the clubhouse, and harper is the only one immature enough to make it publicly known.  i doubt that's the case, but it's possible.

Me thinks there's a real respect problem here….

vansmack wrote:

stevewizzle wrote:

vansmack wrote:

gaaaaaaaaah wrote:
i generally think his attitude reputation is overhyped, but there's no defending him here. dumb dumb dumb.

I don't think the Nats have anything to worry about.

hahahaha.

oh man.

there's also the possibility that denard is the real bum in the clubhouse, and harper is the only one immature enough to make it publicly known.  i doubt that's the case, but it's possible.

Me thinks there's a real respect problem here….

that was ridiculous….

hutch wrote:

vansmack wrote:

stevewizzle wrote:

vansmack wrote:

gaaaaaaaaah wrote:
i generally think his attitude reputation is overhyped, but there's no defending him here. dumb dumb dumb.

I don't think the Nats have anything to worry about.

hahahaha.

oh man.

there's also the possibility that denard is the real bum in the clubhouse, and harper is the only one immature enough to make it publicly known.  i doubt that's the case, but it's possible.

Me thinks there's a real respect problem here….

that was ridiculous….

i would just like to re-tract my original post pondering whether denard span is the bum.

he's clearly what keeps this team together.  harper needs to get on board.

so what happens with the closer spot now

i missed last nights meltdown but i can pretty much picture it based on all his other post-asb meltdowns. seems williams has finally acknowledged that he cant keep sending soriano out there just cuz hes the closer, which is a start, but who do you send out? clippard has only been slightly more reliable than soriano lately. is it time for storen to get another shot? maybe someone more out of left field like detwiler?

its easy (and totally justified) to hate on soriano for his recent performance but the truth is the entire bullpen has been shaky for way too long now. as good as the nats have looked overall lately, thats a big problem and theres no easy fix i can see

stevewizzle wrote:

hutch wrote:

vansmack wrote:

stevewizzle wrote:

vansmack wrote:

gaaaaaaaaah wrote:
i generally think his attitude reputation is overhyped, but there's no defending him here. dumb dumb dumb.

I don't think the Nats have anything to worry about.

hahahaha.

oh man.

there's also the possibility that denard is the real bum in the clubhouse, and harper is the only one immature enough to make it publicly known.  i doubt that's the case, but it's possible.

Me thinks there's a real respect problem here….

that was ridiculous….

i would just like to re-tract my original post pondering whether denard span is the bum.

he's clearly what keeps this team together.  harper needs to get on board.

harper is a dick….you could tell by the way denard and bryce handled it that there is no love lost… you did not see even the minimum communication after the collision… WTF is wrong with harper? his stats ain't all that great either.. at this point if you told me you can have harper or you can have rendon i would go with rendon….

rendons the real deal for sure. i kept thinking the league would adjust to him and hed struggle to keep hitting but hes made all the adjustments and hes been a joy to watch all year. hes exactly the kind of guy you went towards the top of the order.

probably too early to broach the subject but i hope he stays a nat for a very long time.

just read that sorianos option for next year is automatic if he finishes 16 more games this season. i gotta imagine he was already a longshot to do that but even more so if hes taking a few days off and coming back in lower leverage innings as williams has implied. even if he regains his form before the playoffs i definitely hope the nats move on next year. the guy can still be a solid reliever, but hes not a closer

gaaaaaaaaah wrote:
probably too early to broach the subject but i hope he stays a nat for a very long time.

His agent is Scott Boras, so….

Though his situation is interesting because he signed an MLB contract right out of the gate.  He's making $1.8m this year (and his previous years) - it expires this year and they'll likely negotiate a new contract (albeit with Boras) as he's not arb eligible until 2017 and a free agent after 2019.  A lot could happen here, but the Nat's best chance of signing him past 2019 is this year and next.  After that, Boras will definitely steer him towards free agency. 

yeah i guess it wont be easy (and they probably want to see him to show he can stay healthy longer before making the commitment) but id love to see the nats lock him up anyway. the guys done everything asked of him and shined all over the field. i still expect harper to live up to his talent (or at least more so than he has so far) but right now rendon is the young guy to watch on this team. hopefully he gets a bit of the spotlight come playoff time

i went to a game today.  it was fun, and very hot.  great seats.  hot dogs and popcorn and drinks and ice cream and neatoness.

gaaaaaaaaah wrote:
yeah i guess it wont be easy (and they probably want to see him to show he can stay healthy longer before making the commitment) but id love to see the nats lock him up anyway. the guys done everything asked of him and shined all over the field. i still expect harper to live up to his talent (or at least more so than he has so far) but right now rendon is the young guy to watch on this team. hopefully he gets a bit of the spotlight come playoff time

Rendon has become my favorite National. He's fun to watch no matter where he is playing. He hustles, keeps his head down, is a team player, and seems to let his work speak for him more than anything. It's almost insane how consistent he's been all year.

winning last night was huge. pressure was already all on the braves, now even more so. winning tonight will more or less put the division on ice.

how good has storen looked? im really hoping williams sticks with him even if soriano appears to regain form in his next few outings. also hoping rizzo is watching and realizes he doesnt need to go out and grab another high price closer this winter

also very nice to see gio finally pitching like a top of the rotation guy again.

now the big question is will ryan be able to make it back in time to be in any sort of groove come playoff time

gaaaaaaaaah wrote:


also very nice to see gio finally pitching like a top of the rotation guy again.

huh? that was fister dude!

im aware. wasnt referring to last night with that line. gio's last couple starts have been great

fisters been great all year so thats not news

How fun was it when Williams came out to get Fister, but went back to the dugout?  Storen with 3 strikeouts.  What a game.

Bombay wrote:
How fun was it when Williams came out to get Fister, but went back to the dugout?  Storen with 3 strikeouts.  What a game.

I was at the park last night. Crowd exploded after the team came in, looking like Fister was about to be taken out. Standing ovation. Then everyone disbands and Fister is still on the hill. Place went nuts! Super excited I got to go last night. After the Barves 1 run there as a faint "tribe chant" or whatever but they were flooded out by tons of boo's. The chants for DREWWWWWW at the end of the game were awesome too. Super fun game to go to. Excited for the rest of the series!

Magic number down to 2? Can clinch tonight? Yeah?

Rough outing for Rafael Soriano. Last night he proved he cannot be trusted… I guess.

how realistic is soriano being left off the playoff roster altogether? he doesnt seem to be a reliever comfortable pitching any inning, and he looked awful back in the 9th last night. at this point he seems like a waste of a playoff roster spot since he still cant be trusted in important situations, but would williams do it? i feel for soriano and id love to see him get it together but time isnt on his side right now