Author Topic: Let's Remember Some Guys: Nats Edition (Read 6134 times)

JCA-CrystalCity · « **Reply #50:** February 14, 2018, 05:58:47 PM »

Quote from: Count Walewski on February 14, 2018, 03:06:17 PM

I was not living in Washington DC when that happened, and wasn't following the Nats yet, but my recollection from what was reported in the national media was:

(1) Two outfielders on the Nationals got into a dispute over whether or not Jews go to hell
(2) They asked the team chaplain
(3) The chaplain said, yes, they do
(4) this got public, people were outraged, the Nats were like "wait, why do we have a chaplain anyway" and fired him

Let me know if I got any of these details wrong.

I personally am not religious, but my understanding is that whether or not Jews go to hell is an open question in Christian theology and there are Scripture-based arguments for both views.

I did not think it was a team chaplain. I thought it was a chaplain affiliated with Baseball Chapel, which is an evangelical organization that it generally welcome throughout baseball.

HalfSmokes · « **Reply #51:** February 14, 2018, 06:46:58 PM »

Remember when we had odalis Perez open nats Park?

mitlen · « **Reply #52:** February 14, 2018, 07:00:54 PM »

I usually post something from the following "game"/"quiz" when these type threads are started. It's pretty self-explanatory. Start the quiz and type in the names. If you put in Zimmerman as an example, he'll appear in every year he was a starter on Opening Day. Enjoy ...

https://www.sporcle.com/games/lineupquizzes/nationals

GburgNatsFan · « **Reply #53:** February 14, 2018, 07:53:41 PM »

Robert Fick. The most broken swing in baseball.

KnorrForYourMoney · « **Reply #54:** February 14, 2018, 08:17:56 PM »

Quote from: GburgNatsFan on February 14, 2018, 07:53:41 PM

Robert Fick. The most broken swing in baseball.

Until Jayson "the baseball bat is a golf club" Werth came along

hotshot · « **Reply #55:** February 14, 2018, 09:31:41 PM »

Yunesky Maya. Expelled from the Cuban national team, straight to the Nats!

tomterp · « **Reply #56:** February 14, 2018, 09:44:09 PM »

Quote from: UMDNats on February 13, 2018, 12:29:20 PM

Deadspin does a post every now and then where they post "Let's Remember Some Guys" and post a list of random players who we may have forgotten. I thought it'd be fun to remember some guys from Nats history because we have had our share of random guys come play in DC. I'll start it off:

Remember Mike O'Connor?

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His mom posted here for a while.

tomterp · « **Reply #57:** February 14, 2018, 09:44:40 PM »

Quote from: PowerBoater69 on February 13, 2018, 12:35:03 PM

The Nats had this reliever here a few years back, funny guy, real intense, a fighter, got him in a mid year trade from Philly, then he got over used by Baker and didn't last the next year. Trying to remember his name.

I get this even if nobody else does.

tomterp · « **Reply #58:** February 14, 2018, 09:45:22 PM »

Quote from: Ali the Baseball Cat on February 13, 2018, 05:17:55 PM

John M-fing Halama!

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Last seen for the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs

tomterp · « **Reply #59:** February 14, 2018, 09:49:18 PM »

Quote from: Natsinpwc on February 13, 2018, 06:31:59 PM

I was at that game also; Yankees fans were salty in the parking lot. Someone got on one of them and he started yelling "how many rings do you have?" Cracked me up--do fans get the rings also?

We beat them 2 out of 3, game 2 was overall spectacular as well. Which prompts me to remember - Daryle Ward

KnorrForYourMoney · « **Reply #60:** February 14, 2018, 10:04:44 PM »

I was so bummed when Shawn Hill went down in '07. I knew right then the guy was toast. He was having a good year, too - a rarity for Nats starters from '06-'09.

In hindsight, it was probably better for the franchise. If he's healthy in '08, Stephen Strasburg could be playing for the ~~Padres~~ Mariners right now and we'd all be cursing Dustin Ackley or Grant Green.

Elvir Ovcina · « **Reply #61:** February 15, 2018, 09:57:57 AM »

Quote from: tomterp on February 14, 2018, 09:44:40 PM

I get this even if nobody else does.

I got it as well. Good but not great effort, almost like he was pretty close but choked.

JCA-CrystalCity · « **Reply #62:** February 15, 2018, 11:08:03 AM »

Quote from: KnorrForYourMoney on February 14, 2018, 10:04:44 PM

I was so bummed when Shawn Hill went down in '07. I knew right then the guy was toast. He was having a good year, too - a rarity for Nats starters from '06-'09.

In hindsight, it was probably better for the franchise. If he's healthy in '08, Stephen Strasburg could be playing for the ~~Padres~~ Mariners right now and we'd all be cursing Dustin Ackley or Grant Green.

Hill was the guy Svrluga was infatuated with. Thought he'd be another Brandon Webb. Turns out, he was just about another Brandon Webb, the short period of Cy Younginess.

UMDNats · « **Reply #63:** February 15, 2018, 11:21:50 AM »

Quote from: HalfSmokes on February 14, 2018, 06:46:58 PM

Remember when we had odalis Perez open nats Park?

We walked off the Braves that night thanks to Zimm, and then lost 102 games. Tim Redding made 33 starts for us that year!

LoveAngelos · « **Reply #64:** February 15, 2018, 11:37:57 AM »

Clint Robinson

Now a Marlins scout

slhubic · « **Reply #65:** February 15, 2018, 11:06:24 PM »

aaahh, as a one-time trading card collector (not surprisingly, especially from the expos days), there are oh so many I could name, but one that immediately came to mind, is 'larry broadway'...

not sure if he was mentioned already(?)

as such, that's why I certainly smiled when I noted somebody noting 'kory castro'.

KnorrForYourMoney · « **Reply #66:** February 16, 2018, 09:37:58 AM »

I think Larry Broadway was the org's top prospect at one point during the early years. I want to say it when the Expos first moved to DC, but that might have been Clint Everts.

Man, what a number Omar Minaya and MLB did on the franchise.

tomterp · « **Reply #67:** February 16, 2018, 11:20:39 AM »

Quote from: KnorrForYourMoney on February 16, 2018, 09:37:58 AM

I think Larry Broadway was the org's top prospect at one point during the early years. I want to say it when the Expos first moved to DC, but that might have been Clint Everts.

Man, what a number Omar Minaya and MLB did on the franchise.

I thought Cory Casto (not Castro) was the top prospect one year.

With respect to Tim Redding, wasn't he the guy with the spectacular 2nd base pickoff move?

Ali the Baseball Cat · « **Reply #68:** February 16, 2018, 01:13:41 PM »

Rick "William Tell" Ankiel

Vega · « **Reply #69:** February 16, 2018, 01:24:23 PM »

I realized something last night. Joel Hanrahan was traded to Pittsburgh where he became a very good closer. He was then traded to Boston in a deal that netted them their next elite closer in Mark Melancon who was then himself traded to the Nats for Felipe Rivero who is now Pittsburgh's current elite closer. Kind of a funny pattern there.

UMDNats · « **Reply #70:** February 16, 2018, 02:52:20 PM »

2007:

https://www.baseballamerica.com/today/prospects/rankings/organization-top-10-prospects/2007/263086.html

1.   Collin Balester, rhp
2.   Chris Marrero, of
3.   Colton Willems, rhp
4.   Kory Casto, 3b/of
5.   Esmailyn Gonzalez, ss
6.   Zech Zinicola, rhp
7.   Glenn Gibson, lhp
8.   Matt Chico, lhp
9.   Stephen King, ss
10.   Ian Desmond, ss

WHAT A LIST!

One guy was a fake identity, one guy ended up pitching a ball into the stands, one guy was pretty cool and good for a little bit and now randomly plays first base (?!) for the Rockies, and Balester was cool af (cool family too) but never became a stud, sadly.

mitlen · « **Reply #71:** February 16, 2018, 03:00:44 PM »

Quote from: UMDNats on February 16, 2018, 02:52:20 PM

2007:

https://www.baseballamerica.com/today/prospects/rankings/organization-top-10-prospects/2007/263086.html

1.   Collin Balester, rhp
2.   Chris Marrero, of
3.   Colton Willems, rhp
4.   Kory Casto, 3b/of
5.   Esmailyn Gonzalez, ss
6.   Zech Zinicola, rhp
7.   Glenn Gibson, lhp
8.   Matt Chico, lhp
9.   Stephen King, ss
10.   Ian Desmond, ss

WHAT A LIST!

One guy was a fake identity, one guy ended up pitching a ball into the stands, one guy was pretty cool and good for a little bit and now randomly plays first base (?!) for the Rockies, and Balester was cool af (cool family too) but never became a stud, sadly.

One became a novelist.

aspenbubba · « **Reply #72:** February 16, 2018, 03:37:56 PM »

OK , here is a list of bench guys that certainly were memorialized on this board.

Matt Stairs
Laynce Nix
Jonny Gomes
Jamey Carroll
Jerry Hairston
Matt d Dekker
Ryan Langerhaus
Nate Schierholtz
and several pitchers like
Tom Gorzelanny
Jerry Blevins ( the worst trade by Rizzo)
Ross Ohlendorf
Scott Olsen

imref · « **Reply #73:** February 16, 2018, 04:33:58 PM »

No love for Ross Detwiler?

Mattionals · « **Reply #74:** February 16, 2018, 04:35:13 PM »

Quote from: aspenbubba on February 16, 2018, 03:37:56 PM

Jerry Blevins ( the worst trade by Rizzo)

Blevins was worth 0.8 fWAR in 2014, and he was traded for Matt den Dekker who was worth 0.4 fWAR in 2015 and 0.1 fWAR in 2016.

Billy Burns was worth -0.2 fWAR in 2014, 2.3 in 2015, and -0.6 in 2016.

That is 1.3 fWAR for the Nats in exchange for 1.5 fWAR in Billy Burns. That actually isn't all that bad.

Now Blevins became a FA after 2015, so the Nats got 0.5 fWAR out of MdD where the Mets only got 0.2 fWAR out of Blevins because he tripped and broke his elbow or something like that. Granted, after Blevins signed back with the Mets (twice!), he has been pretty good, giving them 1.7 fWAR over two years.