Author Topic: Nationals vs Dodgers, Game 3 (Read 20896 times)

DPMOmaha · « **Reply #225 on:** April 25, 2010, 04:56:44 pm »

Braun, Zim and Tulo are the 3 best so far. Not that much difference between Zim and Braun right now and Tulo's not that far behind.

Justin Upton's pretty dang good too, Romero's looked very good this year.

NatsDad14 · « **Reply #226 on:** April 25, 2010, 05:00:40 pm »

Zimmerman was hardly the surefire pick at the time. Tulowitzki and Braun were just as highly regarded. So was Maybin.

hammondsnats · « **Reply #227 on:** April 25, 2010, 05:01:07 pm »

LOL ... bowden mispelled olsen.

and there is no chance lannan gets booted from this rotation. you are retarded if you think so.

SLUTS!

DPMOmaha · « **Reply #228 on:** April 25, 2010, 05:02:17 pm »

Quote from: GMUNat on April 25, 2010, 05:00:40 pm

Zimmerman was hardly the surefire pick at the time. Tulowitzki and Braun were just as highly regarded. So was Maybin.

Gordon was right up there too.

PC · « **Reply #229 on:** April 25, 2010, 05:02:54 pm »

My full whinging mea culpa to Scott Olsen:

PANatsFan · « **Reply #230 on:** April 25, 2010, 05:05:50 pm »

Quote from: DPMOmaha on April 25, 2010, 05:02:17 pm

Gordon was right up there too.

Dodged a bullet there.

natsfan4evr · « **Reply #231 on:** April 25, 2010, 05:07:39 pm »

This team has quite a few pieces to trade. These aren't going to be scrap heap guys either.

DPMOmaha · « **Reply #232 on:** April 25, 2010, 05:11:25 pm »

Quote from: PANatsFan on April 25, 2010, 05:05:50 pm

Dodged a bullet there.

It doesn't look like he's going to be the superstar everyone (myself included) hoped he would be. He's battled injuries which have hampered him a bit too. But he can still have a really nice career. It's too early to write him off. I think it might be good for him to get out of KC.

PANatsFan · « **Reply #233 on:** April 25, 2010, 05:23:53 pm »

Quote from: DPMOmaha on April 25, 2010, 05:11:25 pm

It doesn't look like he's going to be the superstar everyone (myself included) hoped he would be. He's battled injuries which have hampered him a bit too. But he can still have a really nice career. It's too early to write him off. I think it might be good for him to get out of KC.

Well yeah but he's a DH type, and imagine where this team would be without Zim.

blue911 · « **Reply #234 on:** April 25, 2010, 05:34:50 pm »

Quote from: PANatsFan on April 25, 2010, 05:23:53 pm

Well yeah but he's a DH type, and imagine where this team would be without Zim.

Are you talking about Alex Gordon?

DPMOmaha · « **Reply #235 on:** April 25, 2010, 05:52:21 pm »

Kevrock · « **Reply #236 on:** April 25, 2010, 05:54:25 pm »

Great game, just got home.

-LOL, Lannan is not going anywhere.
-Olsen sure was impressive from what I could see. Great job by the pitchers (all three of them) to take this team on their backs.
-I was very surprised they didn't let Clippard close the game out after Capps threw two yesterday. But hey, we're paying Capps good money to close games and he did today.
-Anyway, great game.

8:05 stars in this Cubs series and then a 2:20 start. Brutal. No way can I stay up until the end of those first two games. The 2:20 maybe I'll catch the last couple innings.

blue911 · « **Reply #237 on:** April 25, 2010, 05:57:18 pm »

Quote from: DPMOmaha on April 25, 2010, 05:52:21 pm

yeah

How did he become a "DH type"? His progress seems to have ground to a halt due to injuries.

DPMOmaha · « **Reply #238 on:** April 25, 2010, 06:03:27 pm »

Quote from: blue911 on April 25, 2010, 05:57:18 pm

How did he become a "DH type"? His progress seems to have ground to a halt due to injuries.

I'm not sure. He's not a great defensive 3B, not bad, but not great either. He probably could move to 1B or the outfield if he needed to. I know he was speculated to do that before the Royals let Teahen get away, but since he's gone, they might let him work it out at third.

KnorrForYourMoney · « **Reply #239 on:** April 25, 2010, 06:23:20 pm »

I kept hearing that Alex Gordon would be a solid defensive 3B. Not Zimmerman/Kouzmanoff level, but somewhere around Wright.

Anyway, great game today. Olsen

You made me eat crow today. Nice job.

I never thought we'd win a game against the Dodgers wherein Scott Olsen was starting and the Nats only put up 1 run, but there it is. That's the beauty of baseball.

PANatsFan · « **Reply #240 on:** April 25, 2010, 06:42:34 pm »

Quote from: DPMOmaha on April 25, 2010, 06:03:27 pm

I'm not sure. He's not a great defensive 3B, not bad, but not great either. He probably could move to 1B or the outfield if he needed to. I know he was speculated to do that before the Royals let Teahen get away, but since he's gone, they might let him work it out at third.

I think they'll let him work it out because of Butler, or did they give up on him? I really don't follow the AL, but I like to

imref · « **Reply #241 on:** April 25, 2010, 07:11:28 pm »

Given past history maybe we cab send bergman to pitt for. Gajones?

DPMOmaha · « **Reply #242 on:** April 25, 2010, 07:16:10 pm »

Butler? He's at 1B for the Royals. Having a pretty good year so far, I think.

imref · « **Reply #243 on:** April 25, 2010, 07:18:47 pm »

Really fun time at the park today, 107 seats were fine, weather was beautiful, great defense by j-max and josh, and a masterful performance by Olsen and the pen. Would have loved to have heard Dibble wet himself over first pitch strikes and aggressive pitching across the board.

Nat of the Living Dead · « **Reply #244 on:** April 25, 2010, 07:29:38 pm »

Quote from: nats2playoffs on April 25, 2010, 04:25:40 pm

Scott Olsen wears the Elvis Hair as Player of the Game today.

We got a pic of that somewhere?

mitlen · « **Reply #245 on:** April 25, 2010, 07:37:24 pm »

1-0 is sweet.

KnorrForYourMoney · « **Reply #246 on:** April 25, 2010, 07:51:57 pm »

Quote from: PANatsFan on April 25, 2010, 04:50:59 pm

Zim is easily the best player on that list though.

Ummm, no credit to Upton? He was dynamite last year and he's like 22. Slow start this year, but let's see how it goes.

The Chief · « **Reply #247 on:** April 25, 2010, 07:56:11 pm »

Awesome game, but I'm glad I didn't watch the rest of it. Are the Cardiac Nats back?

imref · « **Reply #248 on:** April 25, 2010, 08:25:52 pm »

Capps did give up a 1 out double, then there were two fantastic plays by Guzman and Maxwell to seal the deal. It was a bit nerve-wracking, but a 5 on the Broxton-Klej scale (1 is a Broxton, 10 is a Klej)

imref · « **Reply #249 on:** April 25, 2010, 08:26:44 pm »

We do owe Bowden credit for two things - getting Olsen and Wilingham for nothing, and signing Dunn to protect Zimmerman. But Rizzo deserves the credit for turning piece-parts into a team.