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Offline welch

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Re: Nationals vs Dodgers, Game 1
« Reply #125: September 05, 2011, 03:19:57 PM »
To take Desmond's spot?

Heading into today

AVG
Espinosa - .233
Desmond - .242

OBP
Espinosa - .320
Desmond - .289

SLG
Espinosa - .414
Desmond - .345

UZR
Espinosa - 2.4
Desmond - -2.3

WAR
Espinosa - 3.2
Desmond - 0.8

Desmond is baseball dumb. He can throw, he can hit hard, he can range well, and he plays bad baseball. If the situation calls for Desmond to wait patiently against a wild hard-thrower, he will try to pull the ball. Hit to right? Nope. (Kilgore: "Desmond carries himself just like Derek Jeter. If he just hit 60 points higher and played consistent SS, why, Desmond would be like Jeter".

Think of Espinosa yesterday diving into first...pure hustle exactly when the team looked like it needed some spark. Espy looks baseball smart. Move him to SS, Lombo to 2B, and Desmond is a good-enough utility IF.

Offline sportsfan882

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Re: Nationals vs Dodgers, Game 1
« Reply #126: September 05, 2011, 03:20:00 PM »
Doug Fister 12 Ks against the Actas today :lmao:

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Re: Nationals vs Dodgers, Game 1
« Reply #127: September 05, 2011, 03:20:14 PM »
"It's a deep drive"   ... ?

Yep. If you can't tell a home run after 300 games in the same seat it's time to go

Offline BerkeleyNat

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Re: Nationals vs Dodgers, Game 1
« Reply #128: September 05, 2011, 03:21:44 PM »
Clipp taking no F'ing prisoners!  :clap:

Offline sportsfan882

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Re: Nationals vs Dodgers, Game 1
« Reply #129: September 05, 2011, 03:22:18 PM »
Doug Fister 12 Ks against the Actas today :lmao:
Make that 13 lol

Offline Mr Clean

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Re: Nationals vs Dodgers, Game 1
« Reply #130: September 05, 2011, 03:22:33 PM »
Sign Jamie Carroll for next year. I believe he's available.

Offline mitlen

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Re: Nationals vs Dodgers, Game 1
« Reply #131: September 05, 2011, 03:22:56 PM »
:lmao: The drive wasn't even close.   :$$$:  You win! But since our owners are cheap all you get for winning is a bag of rice.   :lol:


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What was it?

Offline spidernat

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Re: Nationals vs Dodgers, Game 1
« Reply #132: September 05, 2011, 03:22:57 PM »
Doug Fister 12 Ks against the Actas today :lmao:

The Nats strike out at an alarming rate so I don't know why that's funny. I wish our team was 3 games above .500 instead of 10 games under.

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Re: Nationals vs Dodgers, Game 1
« Reply #133: September 05, 2011, 03:23:15 PM »
PS  Rainin' hard/steady near Dulles.

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Re: Nationals vs Dodgers, Game 1
« Reply #134: September 05, 2011, 03:23:44 PM »
What was it?

I meant the drive wasn't even close to being a home run. It was a flyout by Werth.

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Re: Nationals vs Dodgers, Game 1
« Reply #135: September 05, 2011, 03:24:31 PM »
The Nats strike out at an alarming rate so I don't know why that's funny. I wish our team was 3 games above .500 instead of 10 games under.

Yep. Manny's done a fine job this season.

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Re: Nationals vs Dodgers, Game 1
« Reply #136: September 05, 2011, 03:24:38 PM »
Two double switches in the same inning  ...  Nirvana, satori ...   all that.

Offline BerkeleyNat

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Re: Nationals vs Dodgers, Game 1
« Reply #137: September 05, 2011, 03:25:29 PM »
The Nats strike out at an alarming rate so I don't know why that's funny. I wish our team was 3 games above .500 instead of 10 games under.

They pretty much always have since coming to Washington.

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Re: Nationals vs Dodgers, Game 1
« Reply #138: September 05, 2011, 03:25:39 PM »
I meant the drive wasn't even close to being a home run. It was a flyout by Werth.

Oh, I didn't see it and thought you may have been referring to my not being close on the guess.   So, I got it right?   AND  I won the prize.   Oh day-um.

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Re: Nationals vs Dodgers, Game 1
« Reply #139: September 05, 2011, 03:27:21 PM »
OT kind of:

Washington Post shows work beginning on the Kincora project in Loudoun.   It will be the area where the future home of the Loudoun Hounds will be.

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Re: Nationals vs Dodgers, Game 1
« Reply #140: September 05, 2011, 03:29:15 PM »
OT kind of:

Washington Post shows work beginning on the Kincora project in Loudoun.   It will be the area where the future home of the Loudoun Hounds will be.

The name evokes images of all you rich folks out fox hunting

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Re: Nationals vs Dodgers, Game 1
« Reply #141: September 05, 2011, 03:30:18 PM »
The name evokes images of all you rich folks out fox hunting

I used to fox hunt all the time 'til I got married.


BTW   Me and Bob (Duvall) have lunch all the time.

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Re: Nationals vs Dodgers, Game 1
« Reply #142: September 05, 2011, 03:31:27 PM »
I keep thinking today is Sunday when it's actually Monday and a new series. No wonder the Nats are scoring. They're using up their weekly quota of runs in the first game like they did last week against the Braves.

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Re: Nationals vs Dodgers, Game 1
« Reply #143: September 05, 2011, 03:31:28 PM »
Good job Desmond

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Re: Nationals vs Dodgers, Game 1
« Reply #144: September 05, 2011, 03:31:40 PM »
I used to fox hunt all the time 'til I got married.

:shock:

Offline welch

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Re: Nationals vs Dodgers, Game 1
« Reply #145: September 05, 2011, 03:31:48 PM »
Yep. If you can't tell a home run after 300 games in the same seat it's time to go

Ha!! You need to hear John Sterling, Yankees radio: "It is high! IT IS DEEP!!! IT IS caught at the warning track..." Sterling is the ultimate huckleberry, to borrow from Phil Rizutto

Bob Wolff, the Nats first TV announcer, would say, "There's a long fly ball to deep right center...it's going...going...gone!" Which gave him a chance to de-celerate his voice before "going...going" is the ball was short.

BUT who cares when Ankiel hits one like that!!

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Re: Nationals vs Dodgers, Game 1
« Reply #146: September 05, 2011, 03:32:11 PM »
I used to fox hunt all the time 'til I got married.

 :lol:

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Re: Nationals vs Dodgers, Game 1
« Reply #147: September 05, 2011, 03:32:17 PM »
Yep. Manny's done a fine job this season.
:lmao:

Offline RobDibblesGhost

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Re: Nationals vs Dodgers, Game 1
« Reply #148: September 05, 2011, 03:33:31 PM »
How about three HRs today, Morse?

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Re: Nationals vs Dodgers, Game 1
« Reply #149: September 05, 2011, 03:34:28 PM »