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Offline saltydad

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Nationals' "Classics"
« on: June 11, 2007, 10:18:53 pm »
I just watched a Nationals' Classic game on MASN, the 4/17/05 game against the D-Backs. So weird to see Castilla, Vidro, Ayala again. It also brought back the thrill we all felt that season, when we led the NL! But the weirdest thing of all is that we have "Classics" at all....after 2+ seasons!
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Offline wpa2629

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Re: Nationals' "Classics"
« Reply #1 on: June 11, 2007, 10:25:47 pm »
Quote from: saltydad on June 11, 2007, 10:18:53 pm
I just watched a Nationals' Classic game on MASN, the 4/17/05 game against the D-Backs. So weird to see Castilla, Vidro, Ayala again. It also brought back the thrill we all felt that season, when we led the NL! But the weirdest thing of all is that we have "Classics" at all....after 2+ seasons!

I just watched that myself - I was part of the third base jumpers that day - a beautiful day in the sun ... great fun ...
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natsfan1a

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Re: Nationals' "Classics"
« Reply #2 on: June 11, 2007, 10:35:47 pm »
Was that the one when Castilla needed just a single to hit for the cycle but Lance Cormier plunked him? I've always wondered whether there was ever any payback on that one. I've heard that players can have long memories for such things.
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Offline spidernat

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Re: Nationals' "Classics"
« Reply #3 on: June 11, 2007, 10:50:30 pm »
Quote from: natsfan1a on June 11, 2007, 10:35:47 pm
Was that the one when Castilla needed just a single to hit for the cycle but Lance Cormier plunked him? I've always wondered whether there was ever any payback on that one. I've heard that players can have long memories for such things.

No that actually took place a couple days earlier at the inaugural game. I don't recall us ever retaliating for that incident.
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natsfan1a

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« Reply #4 on: June 12, 2007, 07:40:42 am »
Okay, thanks.
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Offline Ray D

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Re: Nationals' "Classics"
« Reply #5 on: June 12, 2007, 11:11:29 am »
The payback was in the very game we're talking about, I think! (I watched it too.)  I heard the announcer making reference, right after a hit-by-pitch, that it might have been payback for hitting Castilla two games earlier.
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Offline Ray D

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Re: Nationals' "Classics"
« Reply #6 on: June 12, 2007, 11:15:05 am »
Quote from: natsfan1a on June 11, 2007, 10:35:47 pm
I've heard that players can have long memories for such things.

My favorite: Aaron Boone's pennant winning homerun for the Yankees against the red sox, 2003. Boone was gone all 2004 (injury, I think) and resurfaced with the Indians in 2005. The first Red Sox Indians game, Boone's first time up, first pitch, he gets plunked.




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Offline Ali the Baseball Cat

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Re: Nationals' "Classics"
« Reply #7 on: June 12, 2007, 11:17:14 am »
Frontier justice! 

Quote from: Ray D on June 12, 2007, 11:15:05 am
My favorite: Aaron Boone's pennant winning homerun for the Yankees against the red sox, 2003. Boone was gone all 2004 (injury, I think) and resurfaced with the Indians in 2005. The first Red Sox Indians game, Boone's first time up, first pitch, he gets plunked.





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Offline Ray D

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Re: Nationals' "Classics"
« Reply #8 on: June 12, 2007, 11:20:48 am »
That game should be a reminder to us all of how much we need Ayala back!
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natsfan1a

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Re: Nationals' "Classics"
« Reply #9 on: June 12, 2007, 12:24:00 pm »
Interesting, I didn't remember that.

Quote from: Ray D on June 12, 2007, 11:11:29 am
The payback was in the very game we're talking about, I think! (I watched it too.)  I heard the announcer making reference, right after a hit-by-pitch, that it might have been payback for hitting Castilla two games earlier.
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natsfan1a

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Re: Nationals' "Classics"
« Reply #10 on: June 12, 2007, 12:24:57 pm »
As they say on TWIB, "how about that!"

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Quote from: Ray D on June 12, 2007, 11:15:05 am
My favorite: Aaron Boone's pennant winning homerun for the Yankees against the red sox, 2003. Boone was gone all 2004 (injury, I think) and resurfaced with the Indians in 2005. The first Red Sox Indians game, Boone's first time up, first pitch, he gets plunked.





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