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Happy birthday Dusty Baker! We don’t have to worry about who plays 3rd base after Anthony Rendon was ejected in the 12th inning, and the walk-off made it so Dusty didn’t have to reconfigure his infield for the Washington Nationals in the 13th inning. The Nats win the series 2-1 and get back to 16 games above .500 as the team wins their 41st game.
Jayson Werth said it all, “Holy sh*t…” and then he added about the people who questioned what he could do at his age,”those people can kiss my a$$.”
Those who talked about the Cubs magic just learned about the Nationals magic. It’s the only way to explain the unexplainable.
Both the Nationals and Cubs fans can find reasons to complain amidst great seasons by both teams, but this season is only 40% complete now and 60% to go in the regular season. Much can change, and there will certainly be much to complain about because that is what most sport’s fans do. Both fanbases can see this series as a vision of things to come.
The Cubs have had more to complain about than almost any franchise in sports history, and they have symbols of that lengthy history of losing with Goats and Bartman. They blame certain players and even their former manager Dusty Baker as a scapegoat for seasons gone wrong. They blew up the ‘Bartman’ ball, but the ball that lost them that game in 2003 still exists. Continue reading →
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Gio Gonzalez pitched well enough to win, and so did John Lackey. Neither figured into the decision as the Nats scored 2 runs late to tie the game in the 8th a 3-3. Dusty Baker stayed with Sammy Solis in the 9th to face the 3 scheduled right-handed batters, and Solis walked the lead-off batter who was sacrificed to 2nd base and scored on a single. The Nats lost 4-3.
Gio needed to pitch a gem and pitched alright giving up 3 earned runs over 6 innings. The costly mistakes started with a 2 out hit Gio gave up to John Lackey on the 4th straight fastball Gio threw to Lackey and the pitch Lackey hit was over the middle of the plate and missed the spot and Gio left it over the plate and Lackey hit it hard. Lackey eventually scored and the other major mistake was a lead-off walk to Ben Zobrist who scored on a single by David Ross who entered the game as a .231 back-up catcher. Continue reading →
The Chicago Cubs were not used to losing. They have only lost 19 games this year, and have only lost 2 games in a row three times this year. The Cubs have not been swept in a series this season. The Nationals were also used to winning except against the Cubs which changed last night as the Nats won behind great pitching by Max Scherzer.
The Nationals quieted many doubters last night. Let’s face it that you better show you can beat the Cubs, and unless things change drastically the high road in the playoffs will be going around Clark St., Waveland Ave. and Addison St. at Wrigley Field in Chicago. Continue reading →
A great pitching performance by Max Scherzer tonight for his 8th win of the season, and his battery mate hits the GW winning RBI via the home run as Wilson Ramos does it again for his pitcher. Sean Kelley’s audition for closer went well as he earned his 1st save. The Cubs were held to a combined 2-hitter.
The Nats finally beat the Chicago Cubs to get off the schneid! The Nats move to 16 games over .500 and a 5.0 game lead in the NL East to match their season high. The Nats and the Cubs are now the only teams in the Major Leagues to win 40 games.
Hustle was on display tonight by the Nats as Jayson Werth went 1st to 3rd on a Harper single and scored on a throwing error. Ryan Zimmerman was 0-4 but turned in a Web Gem in the 9th inning to help Shawn Kelley.
The attendance was 37,187, and sounded like there was 50,000 there tonight. Continue reading →
This is the game many have been waiting for as the heavyweight rematch of the Washington Nationals and the Chicago Cubs. As mentioned, no matter who wins these games, both teams will be in 1st place in their respective divisions after the conclusion of Wednesday’s game; however, the Nationals still want to win and quiet the doubters.
Tonight’s match-up is Max Scherzer and Kyle Hendricks. Hendricks is coming off of a short outing and a loss in Philadelphia where his sinker wasn’t sinking well enough and his curveball wasn’t curving enough. Hendricks is a 3 pitch pitcher with a repertoire of fastball, change-up, and curveball. His fastball sits at around 88mph, and he is a finesse pitcher who lives on movement and location. Every once in a while Hendricks will hit 90 on the radar gun. Continue reading →
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A walk-off win, and the Nationals show what they are made of. The Nats finally win a game after the the Dream Foundation Gala and break an 8 year losing streak, and do it via a come-from-behind Jayson Werth 2-RBI single with bases loaded and 2 outs in the 9th inning.
Jonathan Papelbon gave up a lead-off HR to start the top of the 9th to make the score 4-3 in favor of the Phillies. The Nationals started off the bottom of the 9th with a Rendon out and Dusty Baker went to his secret weapon Bryce Harper as a pinch-hitter.
Harper worked the count and hit a grounder into the shift, and Bryce hustled down the line and the 1st baseman could not come down on the base and Bryce beat it out. There was a manager’s challenge on the play and the call stood “safe”.
With Bryce on 1st base, Danny Espinosa tried to hit the walk-off, but fouled off 2 pitches and in a 2 strike count did something you have never seen from Espinosa—-he shortened up his swing and poked a single over the shortstop’s head. With runners on 2nd and 1st, Clint Robinson pinch-hit for Michael Taylor and CRob worked a walk. Werth came up with the bases loaded and in a 2 strike count singled up the middle to drive in 2 runs and win the game.
The Nats move to a season’s best 15 games over .500 and now are 4 1/2 games ahead of the New York Mets for the largest margin between the 2 teams this season since April 16th when the Nats held a 5.0 game lead for one day.
Talk about the small things. BRYCE to ESPINOSA to CRob to WERTH. None of the Werth walk-off heroics happen if Bryce doesn’t hustle to 1st base, Espinosa does not get his hit or Clint Robinson strikes out. The game would have ended before Werth had a chance. It is the little things we keep referring to that add up to big things.
HUSTLE, short swing, take a walk and a 2 run walk-off single added up to big things.
Danny Espinosa talked about his 9th inning approach, “Trying to be patient. Trying not to do too much. Stay within myself. Keep the inning moving and get the next guy up.”
“Danny’s been working on that. We keep stressing to him that when you get in a hole, you’ve got to put it in play,” Baker said about Espinosa’s 9th inning clutch single. “And if you put it in play, anything can happen.”
Jayson Werth said it all, “We got ’em.” Werth continued, “Oh man, I’m just trying to go brain-dead up there, that’s about it…That’s what dreams are made of.”
“Man, you got battered out there,” MASN’s Dan Kolko said to Werth in the post-game interview referring to the walk-off celebration as Werth’s teammates ran after him. “What type of damage did they do to you in the outfield?”
“Well, I knew I was in trouble when I saw The Strangler coming at me,” Werth responded back to Kolko.
“Who’s The Strangler?” Kolko asked.
“You know, the D.C. Strangler,” Werth answered.
We will see where that leads in the days and weeks ahead.
1. Bryce IF single (can't knock the hustle) 2. Espi single 3. Clint Robinson PH walk 4. ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED? pic.twitter.com/G9JfyBcmM0
Danny Espinosa’s 9th inning single came off of a pitch that was about 12 inches off of the plate and he served it into the opposite field for a single. Espinosa was in ‘protect’ mode and shortened up his swing.
The Bryce Harper hustle single got the bottom of the 9th inning started.
Today is the series finale in this 3 game set with the Phillies, and the Nationals have won the first 2 games and looking for a sweep ahead of the series with the Cubs. The Nationals send Joe Ross to the mound, and he will face lefty Adam Morgan who the Nats faced 2 weeks ago.
The Nationals are 1st in the NL and 2nd in the Majors in OPS versus left-handed pitchers with a .822 OPS. With Adam Morgan on the mound for the Phillies, we will see what Dusty Baker has today with Daniel Murphy, Bryce Harper, and Wilson Ramos needing a day-off. 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.