Nationals @ Red Sox, Game 1

[GSW]

" Espy should not be allowed to bat left handed. Worse than a pitcher."

We can see IT... why can't Johnson?

They should put Lombo in when RHP are in.

[OldChelsea]

Comparative dates on which the Nationals notched their 33rd win, each season:

2012 - 8th June (56th match of season)
2005 - 8th June (59th match)
2011 - 16th June (69th match)
2010 - 22nd June (72nd match)
2006 - 25th June (77th match)
2008 - 29th June (83rd match)
2007 - 1st July (81st match)
2009 - 2nd August (105th match)*

*This was the start of an eight-match winning streak that would add just a scintilla of respectability to that year's Nightmare Nine (they actually went 33-42 after the All-Star break for a somewhat-better-than-their-first-half .440).

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THIS DAY WITH THE '05 OVERACHIEVERS: Wednesday 8th June 2005 at RFK, the Nats beat the A's 7-2 for their sixth straight win; Loaiza for the win, Glynn the loser, homers by Church, Schneider and Castilla: http://espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=250608120.

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Got home from the Mystics in time to catch the action from the bottom of the 8th onward (Stics lost again 76-70, this time to New York Liberty - the tried-and-true-and-tiresome formula, get 20+ points behind early, mount a second-half comeback but fall just short).

[spidernat]

" Espy should not be allowed to bat left handed. Worse than a pitcher."

We can see IT... why can't Johnson?

They should put Lombo in when RHP are in.

Not only that, Espinosa himself should know it better than anyone and should have put an end to it long ago.

[Obed_Marsh]

Glad we got the curly but I got a taste of what it must be like to be new to baseball as I had trouble following the game as the radio faded in and out on the way to Kill Devil Hills, NC.

[mitlen]

I'm pessimistic during the games by nature   .....

You'll fit right in. 

[tomterp]

You'll fit right in. 

Similar to my thoughts, though I phrased it slightly differently - "oh no, not another one..."

 

 

[mitlen]

Similar to my thoughts, though I phrased it slightly differently - "oh no, not another one..."

 

 

I must have missed your post if it came after the 10th beer last night.   

[tomterp]

I must have missed your post if it came after the 10th beer last night.   

Oh, I didn't actually post it, it was a mindfact post only.     

[mitlen]

Oh, I didn't actually post it, it was a mindfact post only.     

 

I have those all the time.

[Kevrock]

Not only that, Espinosa himself should know it better than anyone and should have put an end to it long ago.

I'm guessing if they stop Espinosa from switch hitting, they would want to make that change over the off-season.

[DPMOmaha]

I have those all the time.

My best posts are typically the ones I don't make or start and never finish...