Author Topic: Nationals vs Giants, Game 1 (Read 11560 times)

Kevrock · « **Reply #175 on:** April 29, 2011, 11:48:37 pm »

Great game, great night at the park! Marquis was superb.

That foul ball shot by Nix was a rocket. Good grief he is smashing the ball. Desmond was great.

Tons of Giants fans there, lol. It was great to give them almost nothing to cheer about.

Quote from: MarquisDeSade on April 29, 2011, 09:08:22 pm

Is Rick Ankiel using The Prodigy's "Smack my nag up" for his walkout music now?

IDK, it was weird, I called it "Club Ankiel" when he came to the plate.

heeman82 · « **Reply #176 on:** April 29, 2011, 11:50:43 pm »

imref · « **Reply #177 on:** April 30, 2011, 12:07:12 am »

Quote from: Kevrock on April 29, 2011, 11:48:37 pm

Great game, great night at the park! Marquis was superb.

That foul ball shot by Nix was a rocket. Good grief he is smashing the ball. Desmond was great.

Tons of Giants fans there, lol. It was great to give them almost nothing to cheer about.

IDK, it was weird, I called it "Club Ankiel" when he came to the plate.

The Giants fans were pretty quiet, and polite. It was awfully strange, I don't think any of them around us ever cheered (not that they had much to cheer for).

imref · « **Reply #178 on:** April 30, 2011, 12:10:38 am »

Kilgore:

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One thing was unanimous Friday night in the Nationals clubhouse: No one could remember a they’ve seen hit harder than the bomb Laynce Nix hit off the third deck in right field, just a few feet foul and maybe 450 feet from home plate. When Nix unleashed a comically violent swing and sent the ball to a spot only Adam Dunn and Bryce Harper have ventured, the 21,399 in attendance gasped, like they could not believe what they’d seen. “Amazing,” Ian Desmond said.

mitlen · « **Reply #179 on:** April 30, 2011, 12:21:41 am »

Amazing ... I left for Richmond in the bottom of the 2nd inning; Desmond just hit a double; listened to the game on the way down; picked up my son; turned around and came back; turned on MASN and it's the replay .... bottom of the 2nd. Desmond just hit a double. Phew. It's like 1968 all over again.

PC · « **Reply #180 on:** April 30, 2011, 04:19:41 am »

Quote from: spidernat on April 29, 2011, 09:20:21 pm

TRJPWH had a great outing in 2005.

John Patterson's line 8/4/2005: 9IP, 4H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 13SO, 0HR; 116 pitches; 84 strikes
Jason Marquis' line 4/29/2011: 9IP, 5H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 7SO, 0HR; 96 pitches; 64 strikes

Coladar · « **Reply #181 on:** April 30, 2011, 05:36:21 am »

As impressive as those 13 Ks are to seven, I think, just going by the lines there, Marquis had the better performance. 96 pitch CGs, hell, any CG under 100 pitches, is truly phenomenal. What an incredible performance, pitching nine innings with just 96 pitches! What a game.

Evolution33 · « **Reply #182 on:** April 30, 2011, 09:08:37 am »

I still think Pedro Astacio's CGS of the Brave is the best pitching perfomance I have seen in person.

OldChelsea · « **Reply #183 on:** April 30, 2011, 09:23:45 am »

Comparative dates when Nats notched their 12th win in each season:

2010 - 28th April (22nd match of season)
2005 - 29th April (23rd match)
2011 - 29th April (25th match)
2008 - 1st May (29th match)
2006 - 9th May (33rd match)
2009 - 13th May (33rd match)
2007 - 13th May (37th match)

The Chief · « **Reply #184 on:** April 30, 2011, 09:25:04 am »

Quote from: ronnynat on April 29, 2011, 08:04:51 pm

You're nuts. It's an awesome sport.

Guess I'm nuts too then, don't care for it.

houston-nat · « **Reply #185 on:** April 30, 2011, 09:26:48 am »

Am I nuts for thinking hockey is boring and weird?

UMDNats · « **Reply #186 on:** April 30, 2011, 09:31:11 am »

Quote from: houston-nat on April 30, 2011, 09:26:48 am

Am I nuts for thinking hockey is boring and weird?

Absolutely.

Kevrock · « **Reply #187 on:** April 30, 2011, 10:13:33 am »

Quote from: imref on April 30, 2011, 12:07:12 am

The Giants fans were pretty quiet, and polite. It was awfully strange, I don't think any of them around us ever cheered (not that they had much to cheer for).

Yes -- they were polite. I didn't mean to indicate they were otherwise... but in my section they were cheering plenty. There were tons of Giants fans around us. It was nice that the day was ours.

Quote from: houston-nat on April 30, 2011, 09:26:48 am