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Offline NatsDad14

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Nationals @ Dodgers, Game 2
« Topic Start: August 07, 2010, 07:35:45 PM »
    STARTING LINEUPS
    NATIONALS (49-61)
    CF Roger Bernadina
    SS Ian Desmond
    3B Ryan Zimmerman
    1B Adam Dunn
    LF Josh Willingham
    RF Michael Morse
    C Ivan Rodriguez
    2B Adam Kennedy
    P Livan Hernandez

    DODGERS (56-54)
    LF Scott Podsednik
    2B Ryan Theriot
    RF Andre Ethier
    1B James Loney
    CF Matt Kemp
    3B Casey Blake
    SS Jamey Carroll
    C Brad Ausmus
    P Hiroki Kuroda

The fact that Kennedy is hitting 8th while Desmond is hitting 2nd makes no sense at all to me. Desmond has a .302 OBP vs. RHP

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Re: Nationals @ Dodgers, Game 2
« Reply #1: August 07, 2010, 07:46:51 PM »
Thats a great line up for the Nats!  1-9 in whatever order they are in.   Livo goes 7 strong innings tonite!

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Re: Nationals @ Dodgers, Game 2
« Reply #2: August 07, 2010, 07:51:44 PM »
The fact that Kennedy is hitting 8th while Desmond is hitting 2nd makes no sense at all to me. Desmond has a .302 OBP vs. RHP
Because he'll see better pitches, more fastballs, with Zimm and Dunn behind him than the pitcher?

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Re: Nationals @ Dodgers, Game 2
« Reply #3: August 07, 2010, 07:55:26 PM »
Because he'll see better pitches, more fastballs, with Zimm and Dunn behind him than the pitcher?
The #8 hitter doesn't see many pitches in the zone, yet Desmond still had an awful walk rate. Just imagine what his rate will be now that he has Zimmerman behind him, not a pitcher.

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Re: Nationals @ Dodgers, Game 2
« Reply #4: August 07, 2010, 08:02:38 PM »
   
The fact that Kennedy is hitting 8th while Desmond is hitting 2nd makes no sense at all to me. Desmond has a .302 OBP vs. RHP

shhhhh....we're ignoring all terrible stats for Desmond. didn't you get the memo?

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Re: Nationals @ Dodgers, Game 2
« Reply #5: August 07, 2010, 08:08:39 PM »
ID is batting .319/.319/.553 (.872) in the #2 spot in the line-up this year. Leave him there

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Re: Nationals @ Dodgers, Game 2
« Reply #6: August 07, 2010, 08:09:39 PM »
ugh. gmu making game thread = loss. 1-7 :hang:

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Re: Nationals @ Dodgers, Game 2
« Reply #7: August 07, 2010, 08:36:09 PM »
Livo ... Hope I can stay up tonight (LOL).   May I add OT ... Dick LeBeau ... Stillers ... yinzers with Grimm and Jackson

Offline JMW IV

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Re: Nationals @ Dodgers, Game 2
« Reply #8: August 07, 2010, 08:39:37 PM »
ID is batting .319/.319/.553 (.872) in the #2 spot in the line-up this year. Leave him there

yeah leave him there. because he apparently can't hit anywhere else. 

Young Guzman?

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Re: Nationals @ Dodgers, Game 2
« Reply #9: August 07, 2010, 08:51:16 PM »
ID is batting .319/.319/.553 (.872) in the #2 spot in the line-up this year. Leave him there

Damn right.  Desmond in 2nd is the right place.  If it's a statistical fluke, we'll find out and we're back to where we started.  If he's getting better pitches and capitalizing, we've found something and made a big leap forward in the lineup.  Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

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Re: Nationals @ Dodgers, Game 2
« Reply #10: August 07, 2010, 09:05:34 PM »
I'm back from Ocean City where all I got was the O's.  Looking forward to tonight's game and like the line-up.

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Re: Nationals @ Dodgers, Game 2
« Reply #11: August 07, 2010, 09:06:49 PM »
The #8 hitter doesn't see many pitches in the zone, yet Desmond still had an awful walk rate. Just imagine what his rate will be now that he has Zimmerman behind him, not a pitcher.

He'll get pitches to hit and use them to his advantage.

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Re: Nationals @ Dodgers, Game 2
« Reply #12: August 07, 2010, 09:25:22 PM »
ugh. gmu making game thread = loss. 1-7 :hang:

idiot

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Re: Nationals @ Dodgers, Game 2
« Reply #13: August 07, 2010, 09:43:46 PM »
West Coast trips blow...I'm always too drunk to make it to the end of the games.

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Re: Nationals @ Dodgers, Game 2
« Reply #14: August 07, 2010, 10:06:51 PM »
Can we please win the first two games of a road series? :pray:

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Re: Nationals @ Dodgers, Game 2
« Reply #15: August 07, 2010, 10:08:30 PM »
yeah leave him there. because he apparently can't hit anywhere else. 

Young Guzman?

He did say he was learning from him this year. :?

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Re: Nationals @ Dodgers, Game 2
« Reply #16: August 07, 2010, 10:10:04 PM »
Nats game...

or UFC 117?

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Re: Nationals @ Dodgers, Game 2
« Reply #17: August 07, 2010, 10:11:33 PM »

Offline shoeshineboy

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Re: Nationals @ Dodgers, Game 2
« Reply #18: August 07, 2010, 10:12:37 PM »
Nice work Bernie

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Re: Nationals @ Dodgers, Game 2
« Reply #19: August 07, 2010, 10:12:46 PM »
I like when Raja gets on base.

Ok, Ian, do not swing at the first pitch... Bernadina just walked!

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Re: Nationals @ Dodgers, Game 2
« Reply #20: August 07, 2010, 10:13:50 PM »
But not like that.

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Re: Nationals @ Dodgers, Game 2
« Reply #21: August 07, 2010, 10:15:20 PM »
BUH BYE!

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Re: Nationals @ Dodgers, Game 2
« Reply #22: August 07, 2010, 10:15:25 PM »
Boom!

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Re: Nationals @ Dodgers, Game 2
« Reply #23: August 07, 2010, 10:15:37 PM »
yeah mother freaker :whip:

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Re: Nationals @ Dodgers, Game 2
« Reply #24: August 07, 2010, 10:16:02 PM »
Nostradamus Bob Carpenter!