Nationals vs Rays, Game 1

[Jedgi]

What happened? I'm at the game on my phone and confused.

[PC]

Does no one have a cell phone?

[Fan037]

I hope this is a game-changer for the Nats.

[MarquisDeSade]

Wow, Tim Tschida looks awful. He really let himself go.

[MorseTheHorse]

please let this lead to an almost brawl/shouting match and clutch nats HR

Let's go Jose Guillen HR

[aussienatsfan]

if they do something to intentionally cheat or effect the game they should automatically lose that game

[Dave B]

somebody call someone a "piece of garbage"

[lastobjective]

One of the greatest Nats moments of all time.  After this game we'll direct you to the game thread. 

I tried to find highlights of that last week and MLB has seemingly taken them down.

I'd love to see that too.

[santanaf]

At the game now and know what's up thanks to WNFF. Thanks guys.

[GburgNatsFan]

Looks like Paralta had a foreign substance in his glove.

What happened? I'm at the game on my phone and confused.

[tomterp]

Their manager Maddon will have something to say about it for sure. He won't let this go lightly.

You think he is a man of no integrity like Sciosca?

I disagree.  Maddon seems a class act.

[Jordanz Meatballz]

Davey never managed him. It would have to be someone like Clip, Zim, Flores, etc.

Hasn't he been with the organization for a while before taking over? Just speculation.

[cmdterps44]

What happened? I'm at the game on my phone and confused.

Joel Peralta, ex nat, had his glove confiscated because of something against the rules inside of the glove. Davey had asked the umps to have his glove checked. Someone on the Nats may have ratted him out since they know something about him when he was here.

[houston-nat]

Det had his chance(s).

And was good in them.

[Fan037]

Weird nite what with the sign for tickets being covered and the confiscation of the pitcher's glove.

[Count Walewski]

Yeah, they ejected Paralta from the game for an illegal glove.

[sportsfan882]

All of this means nothing unless they capitalize and win the game. Let's freaking go

[tomterp]

What happened? I'm at the game on my phone and confused.

Davey requested umpires inspect Peralta's glove, umpires confiscated, Peralta gone.

[nobleisthyname]

One of the greatest Nats moments of all time.  After this game we'll direct you to the game thread. 

I tried to find highlights of that last week and MLB has seemingly taken them down.

Haha no, I watched the game. I hadn't read any of the posts here. Just the first thing I thought of and came to post it here. Sorry for the misleading post.

[MarquisDeSade]

Weird nite what with the sign for tickets being covered and the confiscation of the pitcher's glove.

Tickets covered?

[comish4lif]

Did that really work out for us? Jake McGee has a 1.64 ERA....

[welch]

Long long ago in a game in a league far far away, our Nats had a surprise rookie pitcher made the 1961 (?) All-star team. Joe McClain had been a minor-leaguer for the White Sox until the AL formed the expansion Senators.

When Ralph Houk sent McClain into tghe ASG, Joe said, "Hold on, I've got to get my pine-tar". McClain dunked his pitching arm into a bucket of pine-tar, right up to the elbow. In the first game McClain pitched against the Yankees, Houk went to the umpires and asked them to shake hands with McClain. Our phenom kid was told to wash his arm...and pitched like dirt the rest of the season. And was gone.

[sportsfan882]

You think he is a man of no integrity like Sciosca?

I disagree.  Maddon seems a class act.

He is but that move from Davey is a big "freak you". He'll retaliate somehow I would bet.

[welch]

Had to be McCatty.

[PC]

Why does this reliever get all the time he needs?  Peralta wasn't injured.  He got caught cheating.