Nationals vs White Sox, Game 1

[soxfan59]

Dunn's much hotter the last few weeks.

They put a stat up -- Dunn hitting .377 against lefties last 6 weeks or so.

[ronnynat]

Is Thornton the hardest throwing lefty in the majors?

[UMDNats]

Is Thornton the hardest throwing lefty in the majors?

Gotta be up there if not the hardest.

[The Chief]

Sigh

[NatsDad14]

Dunn is like 0-30 with 2 out RISP.

[PANatsFan]

Man, I can't believe he got Dunn with the same pitch over and over.

[The Chief]

These ridiculous man-hating Corona commercials had to have been made by a mostly-female marketing team.

[soxfan59]

Is Thornton the hardest throwing lefty in the majors?

I've been arguing that Thornton should be our closer -- Jenks is losing it.

[tomterp]

Man, I can't believe he got Dunn with the same pitch over and over.

looked like 3 identical pitches.

[PC]

Dunn is like 0-30 with 2 out RISP.

It seems he was just 0-23 a week or so ago.   

[soxfan59]

What's the low down on Storen, boys?

[PANatsFan]

looked like 3 identical pitches.

Just doesn't happen with Dunn. Must have looked like a big fat beachball and then smoked him.

[PC]

What's the low down on Storen, boys?

Better stuff than Strasburg.

[ronnynat]

Does ponches = strikeouts in Spanish?

[PANatsFan]

What's the low down on Storen, boys?

His first appearance, he was the most nervous human I have ever observed. But he struck out Holliday to end the inning.

[soxfan59]

Better stuff than Strasburg.

 Well, he apparently throws as hard.  

And by the way -- Quentin is a putz. 

[PC]

Walking the leadoff batter rarely ends well.

[EdStroud]

Does ponches = strikeouts in Spanish?

punches

[tomterp]

What's the low down on Storen, boys?

Rookie drafted last year 10th overall, same 1st round that Strasburg was taken 1st.  He's out of Stanford.

3 good pitches, 95 mph with a lot of movement.  He's been our go-to guy in high leverage (say, 7th inning with runners on base) situations almost since being called up.  But he is the last of our good bullpen guys - Clippard, Capps, and Storen being the best of the lot.

His dad is Mark Patrick (Storen), former host of XM175's Baseball this Morning radio show.

[mitlen]

Pudge is into it.

[ronnynat]

punches

That's awesome

[soxfan59]

Pudge is into it.

If they didn't pinch run for Quentin, Pudge gets the out at 2nd on the bunt.

[PANatsFan]

Rookie drafted last year 10th overall, same 1st round that Strasburg was taken 1st.  He's out of Stanford.

3 good pitches, 95 mph with a lot of movement.  He's been our go-to guy in high leverage (say, 7th inning with runners on base) situations almost since being called up.  But he is the last of our good bullpen guys - Clippard, Capps, and Storen being the best of the lot.

His dad is Mark Patrick (Storen), former host of XM175's Baseball this Morning radio show.

They stretched him out in the minors, I believe. He could be in for a while.

[mitlen]

Is this the beginning of Storen as the closer?

[PC]

They stretched him out in the minors, I believe. He could be in for a while.

Let's hope it doesn't get to that point.