Nationals vs Cubs, Game 1

[sportsfan882]

Awful, meat fastball to Soto.

Lucky the 2nd run didn't score

[chemist]

hahaha he was safe

[welch]

Jason Werth throws out Pena. Werth is a baseball player. He will hit.

[TylerDC]

Good throw. So many Cubs fans at the game.

[PC]

This crapshow is, plain and simple, Mike Rizzo's fault.  He is the disease.  Everything else is just a symptom.

[spidernat]

I didn't.  I can probably dig up my post from last year where I said his highish average was inflated by an unsustainable BABIP and that it would regress significantly next season, if I look hard enough.

Post 356 of this thread alludes to it.

http://www.wnff.net/index.php?topic=20090.msg638834#msg638834

[panthers30]

People will see the stats for this game and think Zimmermann had a bad game, but this should seriously be 2-0 right now.

[UMDNats]

2 runs off this freaker? And this defense? These are the Nats we know and love.

[sportsfan882]

The pitch selection is freaking brutal. Soto lives on fastballs and they threw him one.

Awful team effort today. JZ was subpar, the defense stunk, and the offense has been absent.

[GburgNatsFan]

Looked like he had no idea where the fence was. Plenty of padding, though...

The Cubs don't all swing for the fences, they just put the ball in play a little over the infielders' heads.

LMAO at Stairs. That just didn't look right.

[BerkeleyNat]

He was expected to be adequate with a bit of pop. Not horrendous like this

Espo will be our future SS. Desmond will be a decent backup.

[nats2playoffs]

 6th   G Soto singled to right, A Ramirez scored, C Pena thrown out at home, M Byrd to third.

Cubs/Bernadina    4  
Nationals              2
           

[RL04]

It's too bad Stares couldn't have just disintegrated on that play.

At least Stairs made a hard effort to get to the ball.

More than we can say about some players.

[sportsfan882]

This crapshow is, plain and simple, Mike Rizzo's fault.  He is the disease.  Everything else is just a symptom.

Pretty much, he assembled this bullcrap excuse for a roster

[welch]

Norris is fool's gold.

If Norris can't hit above .210 in AA, he won't have much chance against big-time pitchers.

[Sharp]

Post 356 of this thread alludes to it.

http://www.wnff.net/index.php?topic=20090.msg638834#msg638834

Yup, that sounds familiar

[sportsfan882]

If Norris can't hit above .210 in AA, he won't have much chance against big-time pitchers.

Yup they will carve him up

[welch]

Espo will be our future SS. Desmond will be a decent backup.

Bixler to SS this year; 2B switch with Espinosa next year.

[chemist]

Someone needs to step up, be a leader, and will this win.

[RL04]

hahaha he was safe

Tag was late but lead leg was up in the air.

[welch]

Joe Coleman's kid...wow!

[sportsfan882]

Espy chases crap in the dirt. Not close

[DPMOmaha]

The only reason anyone can possibly still be watching this game is to see how many runs the opposing team will get.     

There are other possible reasons.

hahaha he was safe

looks like he got him, actually.

[NatsAllThe Way]

Yup they will carve him up

Like out hitters aren't already getting carved up....

[ronnynat]

Nix is the man.