Author Topic: Nationals vs Giants, Game 2 (Read 30283 times)

Mathguy · « **Reply #475:** July 04, 2012, 04:33:08 PM »

We wore ours last night

Quote from: Kentucky_National on July 04, 2012, 02:35:47 PM

Bryce wearing a USA Baseball hat, and an underarmour "Don't be a clown bro" shirt haha.

OldChelsea · « **Reply #476:** July 04, 2012, 04:39:56 PM »

Comparative dates on which the Nationals notched their 47th win, each season:

2005 - 30th June (78th match of season)
2012 - 4th July (79th match)
2011 - 16th July (94th match)
2006 - 31st July (106th match)
2007 - 1st August (107th match)
2010 - 2nd August (106th match)
2008 - 26th August (132nd match)
2009 - 6th September (137th match)

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TODAY WITH THE '05 OVERACHIEVERS - Monday 4th July 2005, The Day They Lost The Plot - after that incredible June run, the Nats came rudely back to earth on the Fourth with a 5-2 home loss to the Mets, inaugurating a stretch when wins would be few...record now 50-32...http://espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=250704120...thankfully this was not duplicated on this year's Fourth of July.

Tyler Durden · « **Reply #477:** July 04, 2012, 05:28:31 PM »

Very fun game.

2009 was terrible - really, really terrible. This is much better.

hammondsnats · « **Reply #478:** July 04, 2012, 05:36:38 PM »

Quote from: Tyler Durden on July 04, 2012, 05:28:31 PM

Very fun game.

2009 was terrible - really, really terrible. This is much better.

they won on july 4, 2009. i assume you mean the season.

PowerBoater69 · « **Reply #479:** July 04, 2012, 05:39:00 PM »

For true seamheads 2009 was the ultimate year to be a Nats fan as we watched the seeds of excellence start to sprout.

mitlen · « **Reply #480:** July 04, 2012, 05:42:38 PM »

Quote from: PowerBoater69 on July 04, 2012, 05:39:00 PM

For true seamheads 2009 was the ultimate year to be a Nats fan as we watched the seeds of excellence start to sprout.

Looking back on it but it sucked at the time. I look at OC's stats and goodness ... what an ugly year.

PC · « **Reply #481:** July 04, 2012, 05:43:24 PM »

Quote from: PowerBoater69 on July 04, 2012, 05:39:00 PM

For true seamheads 2009 was the ultimate year to be a Nats fan as we watched the seeds of excellence start to sprout.

Then what were we watching in 2008?

PowerBoater69 · « **Reply #482:** July 04, 2012, 05:44:17 PM »

Quote from: PC on July 04, 2012, 05:43:24 PM

Then what were we watching in 2008?

Sowing the seeds.

aussienatsfan · « **Reply #483:** July 04, 2012, 05:44:39 PM »

Quote from: mitlen on July 04, 2012, 05:42:38 PM

Looking back on it but it sucked at the time. I look at OC's stats and goodness ... what an ugly year.

2009 was the year I started following the nats, not watching them every day, but following their results. They were fun to bet against at least

PC · « **Reply #484:** July 04, 2012, 05:45:41 PM »

Quote from: hammondsnats on July 04, 2012, 02:34:08 PM

PC, can you record the MLB Network/Harper segment

http://tinypic.com/r/343s085/6

Tyler Durden · « **Reply #485:** July 04, 2012, 05:45:49 PM »

Quote from: hammondsnats on July 04, 2012, 05:36:38 PM

they won on july 4, 2009. i assume you mean the season.

Yes, I meant the season. OldChelsea's post right above mine - it took until September 6 to win 47 games.

Slateman · « **Reply #486:** July 04, 2012, 05:56:26 PM »

Quote from: Tyler Durden on July 04, 2012, 05:28:31 PM

Very fun game.

2009 was terrible - really, really terrible. This is much better.

Fortunately for me, I was deployed. ll I saw were box scores

mitlen · « **Reply #487:** July 04, 2012, 05:58:16 PM »

Quote from: Slateman on July 04, 2012, 05:56:26 PM

Fortunately for me, I was deployed. ll I saw were box scores

Nathan · « **Reply #488:** July 04, 2012, 06:03:20 PM »

Quote from: RobDibblesGhost on July 04, 2012, 12:00:16 PM

Quote from: Kentucky_National on July 04, 2012, 11:59:54 AM
8.6 runs per game since June 26th? Holy crap.

That average will fall quite a bit after today.

Reading GDTs after the fact is fun

mitlen · « **Reply #489:** July 04, 2012, 06:06:50 PM »

Quote from: Nathan on July 04, 2012, 06:03:20 PM

That average will fall quite a bit after today.

Reading GDTs after the fact is fun

We had the "jinx thing" goin' on today.

nats2playoffs · « **Reply #490:** July 04, 2012, 06:48:36 PM »

This game is being repeated tonight on MASN at 8:00 pm
and again Thursday morning at 9:00 AM.

Lintyfresh85 · « **Reply #491:** July 04, 2012, 09:23:45 PM »

Quote from: PowerBoater69 on July 04, 2012, 05:39:00 PM

For true seamheads 2009 was the ultimate year to be a Nats fan as we watched the seeds of excellence start to sprout.

Quote from: mitlen on July 04, 2012, 05:42:38 PM

Looking back on it but it sucked at the time. I look at OC's stats and goodness ... what an ugly year.

I think the slow-pitch softball offense masked how painful it was to watch that team play... because you always wanted to see what the offense would do next.

Even then, the offense was basically league average... but it was the best we've seen in DC in quite a while.

aspenbubba · « **Reply #492:** July 04, 2012, 10:00:07 PM »

I am in Colorado and saw two guys wearing Nationals gear. I spoke to both of them and they knew the scores of the last two games.One even mentioned that the Mets lost today. The excitement for this team is growing.

houston-nat · « **Reply #493:** July 04, 2012, 10:03:21 PM »

Quote from: aspenbubba on July 04, 2012, 10:00:07 PM

I am in Colorado and saw two guys wearing Nationals gear. I spoke to both of them and they knew the scores of the last two games.One even mentioned that the Mets lost today. The excitement for this team is growing.

Last time I went to a Rangers game in Arlington, I saw four Nats hats/shirts. I was excited, too.

cmdterps44 · « **Reply #494:** July 04, 2012, 11:52:58 PM »

I just thought I'd throw this out there... I really like Solano. He's been preforming for such short playing time.

Kentucky_National · « **Reply #495:** July 05, 2012, 12:47:00 AM »

Quote from: PowerBoater69 on July 04, 2012, 05:39:00 PM

For true seamheads 2009 was the ultimate year to be a Nats fan as we watched the seeds of excellence start to sprout.

I agree. And then with last year, you kind of felt like this year really could be the year. When everyone else was saying we were still a year away this off-season, I was like "Y'all better watch out." Especially once we added Gio, and Edwin.

Kentucky_National · « **Reply #496:** July 05, 2012, 12:48:30 AM »

Oh and by the way I work in downtown Greenville, SC over the summer, and today a guy came in wearing the exact same jersey that the guys wore in today's game (blue with the stars and stripes Curly W). It was full blown fully stitched Danny Espinosa jersey.

I had my authentic Nats road hat on, and we shared a cool "Go Nats, nice hat, nice jersey" moment.

cmdterps44 · « **Reply #497:** July 05, 2012, 12:52:17 AM »

That's pretty cool. I always have to bring a Nats hat and Nats shirt whenever I am out of state. I've got to rep them! I also want to see if any Nats fans mention anything.

MarquisDeSade · « **Reply #498:** July 05, 2012, 06:33:05 AM »

The 1924 Nats hat got some mad love yesterday. Hard not when you look this sharp:

OldChelsea · « **Reply #499:** July 05, 2012, 08:13:06 AM »

The Tuesday and Wednesday attendances of 36,985 and 35,806 (respectively) are the Nats' best-ever against the Giants (best we ever did at RFK was 33,358 on 25th July 2006).

Average attendance is now at 29,866/fixture for this season - if we keep drawing (because winning!) at the present rate we'll crash a 30k/fixture average (for only the second time in club history) easily.