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We recently upgraded our comment system to improve reliability, performance, and long-term control, and we’re currently running both systems during the transition. This shift moves us away from an external service to a system we run and control directly—meaning we own the content and can continue improving it over time. We’ve also reduced the comment refresh delay from about 30 seconds to 10 seconds, making it much closer to real-time.
We understand there have been frustrations and increased feedback, and we’re actively working to improve things. What we ask is simple: use the system and give it a fair shot. If you run into issues, please submit them through the support form so we can track and fix them properly. Repeated complaints without details don’t help us solve problems—we appreciate your patience as we continue refining the experience.
If you’d like a full side-by-side comparison of the platforms and the reasons behind this decision, please refer to the chart below. This change is being made with the long-term benefit of the entire community in mind.
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The Nationals were behind 1-0 until the sixth inning when Matt Adams connected for a 3-run blast to put the Nationals up 4-1, and Patrick Corbin cruised through seven innings, and turned the ball over to the bullpen. The Nats added three more runs in the ninth inning to get the score to 7-1, and manager Dave Martinez sat down his closer, Sean Doolitte, with the larger lead and warmed up Javy Guerra who loaded the bases and exited with a 7-2 lead. Things got real interesting when Doolittle took over as gave up a bases clearing triple, but then got the final out for a final score of 7-5. Continue reading →
The art of pitching is as complex as it is a thing of beauty when you dominate like Max Scherzer last night. There is the need for repeatable “sound” mechanics when you have it all working well. Whatever the issue was for Patrick Corbin in the first two weeks of June was a mystery to many. He was fixed in his start last Wednesday when he dominated the Philadelphia Phillies. He said numerous times following three poor starts that his issues were mechanical, but there were thoughts by many who saw his issues as physical due to his heavy workload leading to fatigue. In fact, Corbin went through a four game stretch in May that was the heaviest workload of his career. Corbin claimed that fatigue was not the problem, and we will never know after Corbin pitched his last start with three extra rest days and pitched well last week. He pitches today on two days of extra rest. The dominant lefty pitches tonight in Miami and just needs to do what he did last week. If Corbin does that against the struggling Marlins offense, he should be in good shape especially if his own offense replicates what they did for Scherzer last night in a game where the Nats scored six runs early. Continue reading →
With a Max Scherzer 8-inning one run gem, he cruised with six runs of support in a 6-1 final. Scherzer lowered his ERA to 2.52 and moved into third place in the Majors only trailing Hyun-Jin Ryu (1.27) and Charlie Morton (2.31) for the ERA crown. The game was closed out by the 42-year-old Fernando Rodney who the Nats promoted today, and Trea Turner hit a milestone 50th home run which happened to be the 3-run variety. That Turner 418 foot blast was the final scoring for the Nats leading to a very comfortable win where manager Dave Martinez was able to further rest Sean Doolittle, Wander Suero, Tanner Rainey, and Matt Grace. Continue reading →
The last time we saw Max Scherzer he still had a pronounced black eye, and he dominated in a win against the Phillies. It was one for the ages and legend status as Scherzer battled with a broken nose and swelling around his eye. With an extra day of rest, Scherzer takes the mound in Miami. We will get to see what Max looks like after a day to relax in Miami. By the looks of the video that Juan Soto posted, many players were enjoying a fiesta at a south Florida mansion. Tonight, the team gets back to work on this business trip with three games in Miami then three games in Detroit. Continue reading →
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On paper, this looked like the Braves would dominate this game with their hottest pitcher, Mike Soroka, on the mound, and the Nationals calling up a minor leaguer. Soroka was as good as advertised (2.07 ERA) but after he sustained a hit-by-pitch on his right forearm, he exited the game after facing just six batters and giving up one-hit in two innings. The Nats spot starter was Austin Voth, and he was very good and went 6.0 innings of 2-run baseball with seven strikeouts. Voth’s two issues were a long home run to Josh Donaldson, and a home run that just snuck over the wall for his two infractions on the day. Voth’s fastball on the day was 93-96 mph which is much faster than his 91.6 mph average from last year.
The Nats battled back against the Braves’ bullpen, and in a 2-2 tie in the 8th inning with runners on second and first and no outs, Adam Eaton pushed a bunt too hard eliminating the lead runner, hurting the potential rally — but it was Anthony Rendon who picked a poor time to go 0-5 as he stranded the winning run in that 8th inning by hitting into the inning ending doubleplay. In the 10th inning, Rendon got a second chance to change what has eluded him in his career which was the dramatic walk-off home run. In this case, a single would most likely tie the game, and unfortunately Rendon fouled out in the 10th inning and stranded four runners in this game. In Rendon’s entire career (3,553 plate appearances), he has just one walk-off hit. Continue reading →
General manager Mike Rizzo had to work the phones last night after Joe Ross was pulled into last night’s game. Per the plan, Ross was supposed to start today’s game. We were told that manager Dave Martinez planned out Trevor Rosenthal for the 7th inning, Tanner Rainey for the 8th inning, and Sean Doolittle for the 9th inning last night, and in baseball, plans go awry and you need a contingency plan. That plan now included a call to the Fresno Grizzlies to get Austin Voth back to Washington, D.C. On Wednesday, Voth was in D.C. as the 26th man in the doubleheader, and he was never used in the game and was sent back to Fresno who are currently in Salt Lake City, Utah. With an early game today, how much sleep will Voth be pitching on today? We will find out today. Continue reading →
As good as the bullpen was yesterday and for a few weeks, the mid-April version of the bullpen showed up tonight and blew a 4-run lead while yielding 9-runs in total. It was an absolute meltdown that began with Trevor Rosenthal‘s three consecutive walks in the 7th inning to allow a Nationals 4-run lead to evaporate. Tanner Rainey was able to finish the 7th inning and kept the game tied at 8-8. Then the Nats scored in the bottom of the 7th inning to go ahead with a score of 9-8, but that lead disappeared quickly. Who was going to pitch the 8th inning was the question to be answered with Rainey already used and Wander Suero unavailable. Manager Dave Martinez went to Joe Ross who gave up 4-runs to make the score 12-9, and Matt Grace gave up the final run of the game to make it 13-9 as the five game winning streak came to an end. Continue reading →
Teams know how difficult winning streaks are to start and extend because they generally have to include sweeping series which are a challenge. This current winning streak started last Sunday against the Diamondbacks with tonight’s starter Anibal Sanchez who recorded the win, and is 3-0 with a 1.54 ERA in his last three starts. One of those Sanchez wins was a shutout against the Braves on May 29th. The Nats acquired Sanchez as a free agent after his 2018 resurgent season with the Braves, and maybe the right-hander had something to show his former team who did not re-sign him. Continue reading →
We recently upgraded our comment system to improve reliability, performance, and long-term control, and we’re currently running both systems during the transition. This shift moves us away from an external service to a system we run and control directly—meaning we own the content and can continue improving it over time. We’ve also reduced the comment refresh delay from about 30 seconds to 10 seconds, making it much closer to real-time.
We understand there have been frustrations and increased feedback, and we’re actively working to improve things. What we ask is simple: use the system and give it a fair shot. If you run into issues, please submit them through the support form so we can track and fix them properly. Repeated complaints without details don’t help us solve problems—we appreciate your patience as we continue refining the experience.
If you’d like a full side-by-side comparison of the platforms and the reasons behind this decision, please refer to the chart below. This change is being made with the long-term benefit of the entire community in mind.